From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 10:11:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93B81065670 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:11:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darernr@freebsd.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37D18FC12 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E793351C; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:53:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:53:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=6Q+Mq0+OKZTyTATC9NTBFhDPF8U=; b=kXiHVuXuoVvdPPQ5zUELC6sFx0SCUpqG9f+KD64tbTzc8kgBQWcnM3SBXpNanVI6HNYKcnAyvIZLSXiiMeZMhSWL+T7zDVzMAn8CgQtMjnr1VtwvMJz8UJJ9RNhI7iVEdwGaWzhYbmjhAsWUaCBLqE7TYfZPGgE4r7ToBNYrV70= X-Sasl-enc: svnNiJNwlRf34RBH0UMu5Encd/IKgweGXqnC3ITi6kMy 1287568428 Received: from [192.168.1.234] (76-191-213-211.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [76.191.213.211]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7A810401043; Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:53:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4CBEBC24.3060007@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:53:40 -0700 From: Darren Reed User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <4CB639DB.3090907@fastmail.net> <20101018200226.GA51447@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20101018200226.GA51447@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2TB HDD = TIMEOUT - READ_DMA48 .... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:11:24 -0000 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2010-Oct-13 22:59:39 +0000, Darren Reed wrote: > >> As another body that today bought a 2TB HDD, I can confirm the presence >> of kernel messages relating to READ_DMA48 with FreeBSD 8. >> The drive in question is a Hitachi one, not a Samsung. >> >> Is it the drive, system or operating system? >> > > You'll need to provide some more details such as how old your FreeBSD > 8 is, drive model number, controller details and the actual error > message you are getting. > > I recently bought a Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000, which is sitting in an > Astone enclosure (identifying as "Sunplus Technology Co.,Ltd."). > Unfortunately, I'm limited to USB2 whilst I wait for the correct eSATA > adapter. Whilst the first disk was DOA, its replacement is running > perfectly (though slowly) with my 2-week-old FreeBSD 8.1-stable. In > particular, one of the first tests I did was to write a pseudo-random > sequence over the entire surface and then verify it to ensure that all > sectors are uniquely addressable > When I booted FreeBSD on the bare metal, the problem was not present. Nor was it present when I attached the drive via USB to NetBSD and that got me to thinking because it did show up with NetBSD under VMWare... thus... This turned out to be a VMWare issue. The problem was solved by upgrading VMWare Workstation from 6.5.3 to 7.1.2. Hope this helps. Darren