Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:15:32 -0800 From: "Michael S. Eubanks" <mse_software@charter.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Page fault, GEOM problem?? Message-ID: <1138022132.44108.36.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> In-Reply-To: <43F5DFD5-2584-4B9D-AAA5-2B8B5B3529FF@stromnet.org> References: <991F35AA-151B-4AEA-82BD-5F4AEDF28424@stromnet.org> <a78074950511180117r6d64db25o4ae37c0c5998e002@mail.gmail.com> <74994962-5050-47BD-897B-DE3880B9EBD5@stromnet.org> <a78074950511180943r57fd9d03r64efcc705001bc35@mail.gmail.com> <A6F22EE2-B1E6-44B5-B4C2-E77E1A24FEBB@stromnet.org> <1132353600.903.19.camel@genius1.i.cz> <20051118231351.GA46946@holestein.holy.cow> <1132356649.903.32.camel@genius1.i.cz> <8A4DAD5D-44CF-42DD-A113-340226284533@stromnet.org> <268C3DEB-7569-4C18-BC35-1C5F36EF8EC4@stromnet.org> <1137967081.40786.36.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <1DA0C9DF-BB42-415B-8851-FFB91CD0F1AC@stromnet.org> <1137975447.40786.83.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <44B2CAEF-A9E7-454B-A232-292B58083952@stromnet.org> <1138006431.44108.15.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <43F5DFD5-2584-4B9D-AAA5-2B8B5B3529FF@stromnet.org>
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On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 10:24 +0100, Johan Ström wrote: > On 23 jan 2006, at 09.53, Michael S. Eubanks wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 06:43 +0100, Johan Ström wrote: > > > > Wish I could be of more help. :) Have you tried to toggle the sysctl > > dma flags? I've seen similar posts in the past with read timeouts > > caused from dma being enabled. > > > > # sysctl -a | grep dma > > ... > > hw.ata.ata_dma: 1 <=== Try turning this one off (1 ==> 0). > > hw.ata.atapi_dma: 1 > > ... > > Disabling DMA, wouldnt that give me pretty bad performance? > > > -Michael > > If it was not the problem, you could always change it back. It *should* be possible to simply set the control mode on those two disks (``man rc.early'', ``man atacontrol''). Unfortunately, the problem is noted as errata in several FreeBSD versions tending to appear on SATA disks. I believe this is also a problem with some linux setups. If you google ``FreeBSD hw.ata.ata_dma RELEASE'' you will eventually find the following page relating to Asus motherboards: http://www.ryxi.com/freebsd/63-668-write-dma-other-similar-errors-read.shtml I picked it out based on the following line in the dmesg output: > Nov 29 20:46:09 elfi kernel: ACPI APIC Table: <ASUS A7V333 > I'd say it's worth a shot. You might even try turning both the flags off temporarily to see what you get. Your guess is as good as mine. :) -Michael
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