From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 15:58:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 499E916A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:58:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BF843D48 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:58:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-70-110-10-69.roa.east.verizon.net [70.110.10.69]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3OFwPR0032911 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:58:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3OFwKSb077512 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:58:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j3OFwKZL077511; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:58:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org: paul set sender to paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu using -f From: Paul Mather To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt In-Reply-To: <426B61FF.80001@DeepCore.dk> References: <1114305707.71309.40.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> <426B61FF.80001@DeepCore.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:58:19 -0400 Message-Id: <1114358299.77313.2.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fatal TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA errors return with ATA Mk.III X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:58:36 -0000 On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 11:08 +0200, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: > Paul Mather wrote: > > Since somewhere in the 5.x release cycle, my system has fallen prey to > > the "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" errors which result in the drive becoming > > detached (which causes my geom_mirror to break and require rebuilding). > > According to smartctl and disk diagnostics, there's nothing wrong with > > my drives. Plus, the problem does not manifest itself under 4-STABLE. > > (I'm not the only one to have reported this problem.) > >=20 > > Lately, I'd had success using a patch posted to freebsd-current by Ian > > Dowse. The "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" errors still occurred, but they > > weren't fatal. I updated my kernel and world recently, and, alas, the > > "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" problem has returned once more: >=20 > You should try a recent -current, I committed cleanups to the timeout=20 > system on the 21'st. You might still have timeouts (which might due to=20 > non-ATA issues) but they should not be fatal unless the HW really does=20 > screw up.. Many thanks! I'll try an upgrade and see if that fixes things. Cheers, Paul. --=20 e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa