Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:35:14 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: delphij@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, sos@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: indefinite wait buffer: Does this indicate hardware issue? Message-ID: <43A2FAD2.7020508@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <a78074950512160849w70335610xd2cb0c3b61ed92a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <a78074950512160849w70335610xd2cb0c3b61ed92a2@mail.gmail.com>
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Xin LI wrote: > Dear folks, > > I have a box indicating the following sometimes: > "swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 262169, size: 4096" > > It's running FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, with two Maxtor 7Y250P0 hard disks > attached to Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller with hw.ata.wc disabled. > > Does this indicate a hardware issue, or some bugs elsewhere? > > Cheers, > -- It means that either the hardware or driver lost a transaction, or that some sort LOR-type situation happened in the VM that is preventing the transaction from completing. First of all, do you have more than 4GB of RAM? Scott
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