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Date:      Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:42:30 +0100
From:      "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com>
To:        "Ollivier Robert" <roberto@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata ata-disk.c
Message-ID:  <70e8236f0704260642h59767e05ne649c8f8053a3803@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <6eb82e0704260631g3f73b871iae650c6ae552edb3@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200704261259.l3QCxKL8022669@repoman.freebsd.org> <6eb82e0704260631g3f73b871iae650c6ae552edb3@mail.gmail.com>

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On 4/26/07, Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/07, Ollivier Robert <roberto@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > roberto     2007-04-26 12:59:20 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/ata          ata-disk.c
> >   Log:
> >   Use the same timeout parameters for BIO_FLUSH as with the other commands.
> >
> >   This workaround the problem in Parallels/VMWare where the emulated drivers are
> >   slower, especially with ATA_FLUSHCACHE.  The problem appears much more
> >   frequently with ZFS which use it a lot more.
>
> I saw this timeout message on my ThinkPad X60 (SATA drive) three
> or four times in one day when using ZFS. I will see if this helps my
> case.

I'm seeing this occasionally now, far less then when my Promise was
sharing INTs and even "pausing" the system for a few seconds.
I'll update today and see if my now occasional messages disappear, thanks :)

-- 
Joao Barros



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