Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:06:41 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/60526: Post-PAE stable SMP machine freezes Message-ID: <405A55B1.2565B7AF@kuzbass.ru> References: <40591EC9.B797F608@kuzbass.ru> <20040318101846.E62520@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug White wrote: > I HIGHLY recommend using a DIFFERENT controller for disks. The ROSB4 is OK > for CDROMs and the like, but use a different controller for the system > drive. Promise controllers work great. :) Hmm, I use SMP motherboard Intel STL2 with ServerWorks ServerSet III LE and integrated ROSB4: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/STL2/ I can't found any notes here about the controller. Could you please point me to any kind of "official" announcement from Intel, chipset or controller producer? > ATA tagging is known to work with only a few disk models. You should > enable ATA tags ONLY if you KNOW your drive supports it, and test > extensively to ensure stability. It DID work with my IBM drive (IC35L040AVER, noted in ata(4) man page) before PAE intergration without problems. Now I turned it off - it panices 4.9-STABLE under heavy load. Eugene
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