Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:16:08 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> To: Brent Casavant <b.j.casavant@ieee.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-RC2 freezing - ATA related? Message-ID: <200505171616.09437.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050517095122.W2946@chenjesu.americas.sgi.com> References: <20050517062002.465BE16A4E3@hub.freebsd.org> <20050517095122.W2946@chenjesu.americas.sgi.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 15:58, Brent Casavant wrote: <snip> > > You can add a fourth. Ever since 5.1 (my first 5.x install) I have > experienced the same problem, again with an Intel ICH5 ATA controller. > The symptoms are exactly the same -- the hang is normally triggered > during the periodic runs just after 3AM. The hang does occur at other > times as well, but with nowhere near the same consistency. I've got four machines with ICH5/6 chips in, no stability problems whatsoever, and thats been the case since I installed them, around 5.2.1. Perhaps it is something to do with your workload, or another piece of hardware in the system. The machines do a lot of disc i/o so during their working days. > The only solution I found at that time was reverting to 4.10, though > that is obviously suboptimal. I could be persuaded to reinstall 5.x > on the machine if I'd be sure to get someone to look into this. > > Thanks, > Brent Casavant HTH, -- Dominic GoodforBusiness.co.uk I.T. Services for SMEs in the UK.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200505171616.09437.dom>