Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:00:28 -0700 From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@isite.net> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ata(4) locks up system -- for too many reasons Message-ID: <20040607200028.GA22403@isite.net> In-Reply-To: <1086260563.96671.23.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> References: <20040603035617.GA1349@green.homeunix.org> <1086260563.96671.23.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz>
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Actually, the atapi support in general seems to require reboots far too often. Acer CD-ROM units work fine in DMA but are broken in PIO mode. But once you get the BIG_READ errors, you have to reboot to clean it up. Then I also found that if a CD has an error on it (or dust) it can cause the same problem. This is a fairly serious problem that really needs to be addressed. I don't reboot machines, ever. For years at a time anyway. Having to reboot freebsd almost hourly during the diagnosis of this made me cringe. -- Joe Rhett Chief Geek JRhett@Isite.Net Isite Services, Inc.
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