From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 18:01:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155D816A4CF for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8137643F3F for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:01:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 71C0172DB5; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:01:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F0A572DAD; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:01:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:01:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Scott Lambert In-Reply-To: <20031108165432.GA31383@DellBSD.inch.com> Message-ID: <20031111175716.B66327@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20031108165432.GA31383@DellBSD.inch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: swap_pager: indefinite link buffer device: X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 02:01:29 -0000 On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Scott Lambert wrote: > I had a machine die last night at around 2:01am. That does *not* > correspond with any cron jobs. > > When I got remote hands in front of it, this message was streaming on > the console (copied from what remote hands said verbally, the formatting > may be off): > > swap_pager: indefinite link buffer device:#idad/0x20001,blkno:280,size:4096 Your swap device went to lunch. (Usually the message is "indefinite wait buffer" but I haven't checked.) > Every console message said the same thing. > > There are no errors in the system's log files. Probably since the rdrive that logs go to went to lunch too. > The hardware is a dual PII 450Mhz Compaq 1850R with the Compaq SMART-2SL > array controller with a 3x4.5GB RAID 5 configuration. It uses the ida > controller. > > I have 5 other identical boxes in the same configuration, doing > different jobs, that have been working well for the past several months. > This is the lowest loaded of my 1850R boxes and has been working just > fine since it was put in production two months ago. This is probably like a flaking dpt we have at work. I flashed the BIOS on it but will try replacing the cable next. Something is failing and not picking up the problem. I wonder if you could try to provoke it by doing a rebuild or verify on the volume(s) on the controller. Also try uupdating the firmware for kicks, if its not up to date. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org