From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 06:34:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A80D16A403 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:34:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurdiga@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D005913C457 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurdiga@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so117605ugh for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:34:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Q2SKdt9wMI2nbBxEE4jMHcbImOSA5Uut/BoHhrFunZRAJoDsnTbBI7PvBLzqAtwqoPTbstu9nKZvyTJvnJHcY/t+AY7WTA8kWNLwFdkvASkOB6maKJAg7QKbRhrXqKYE3Nfnwpy/wUmtnDp5+FXhgsJ34lY1bXhhvwUPiP5CH/g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XkwTKeF4fQfD+jnIaYgkMGCmsQY0yCz127LzHpoKKuT7ntqJipqZgry3mdtsSWcFfn9JC1sE9Cvdsfc4V3kwMGsupWl2A2xmUDf0cYfPhqFIwpT47af1BsHmgfY0jS9CuxwV2H9vn3t7jJNSHJCfWh4GKu4gC8vSgOoQtKVSu5A= Received: by 10.66.253.17 with SMTP id a17mr187887ugi.1175063667844; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:34:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.25.11 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:34:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:34:27 +0300 From: "Vlad GURDIGA" To: "Sten Daniel Soersdal" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <460986F4.2040203@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <460944A4.6030609@gmail.com> <460977E5.9050702@gmail.com> <46098168.1040100@gmail.com> <460986F4.2040203@gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: IRQ storm X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:34:29 -0000 On 28/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > >> >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> >> > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: > >> >> >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> >> >> > After running this: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > /sbin/atacontrol reinit ata2 > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > the storm was gone. > >> >> >> > My HDD in on ata4: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > #atacontrol info ata4 > >> >> >> > Master: ad8 Serial ATA II > >> >> >> > Slave: no device present > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Why? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Could be one of any number of reasons and my guess is that the > >> drive > >> >> >> wants to enter sleep mode, due to overheating or energy saving. And > >> >> >> either controller, driver or both found it unreasonable. > >> >> > > >> >> > You can see the brand and model of my drive. I have Windows XP on > >> the > >> >> > same computer which works fine. Would the drive want to enter sleep > >> >> > mode only under FreeBSD? > >> >> > >> >> Depends on your workload. Perhaps you do something under FreeBSD that > >> >> generates more heat? > >> > > >> > There is no workload: the storm is there right from the boot of OS. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> Perhaps you could inform us after you have researched it? > >> >> > > >> >> > I do not have a plain idea about what I could or should research in > >> >> > this case... Could you please be morespecific? > >> >> > >> >> I would start with the name of the SATA controller and drive and see > >> >> whether someone else has had the same problems (search archives and > >> >> google). Then i'd probably check temperatures, chipsets, try -CURRENT > >> >> (for driver updates to see whether that fixes it) and go from there. > >> > > >> > OK, I'll try. > >> > > >> >> See if you can identify a condition that triggers the IRQ storm. > >> > > >> > As I said, there is no special condition: the storm is there right > >> > from the boot of OS. > >> > > >> > >> It doesn't need to be a "special condition" to be a condition. > >> By your description it sounds to me like a problem caused by improper > >> initialization in BIOS but that Windows Drivers "fix", perhaps you need > >> to see if you can upgrade BIOS and SATA controller firmware. > > > > I updated BIOS right after the instalation: it means about a week or > > two ago. I guess the SATA firmware is included. > > > > What are your other options? This is what I'm trying to find out here. :)