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Date:      Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:17:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      Will Saxon <saxonww@ufl.edu>
To:        current@freeBSD.org
Subject:   ATA timeout errors
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003141211490.373-100000@localhost>

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Hello,

I think this may have already been presented/answered but I am not
certain. I have noticed recently that every so often I will get the
following set of messages, generally right after the bootup sequence
finishes:

ad0: READ command timeout - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: READ command timeout - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: READ command timeout - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: READ command timeout - resetting
ata0-master: WARNING: WAIT_READY active=ATA_ACTIVE_ATA
ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode
ata0: resetting devices .. done

This latest episode is on a 5.0-Current machine cvsupped yesterday, I got
those messages while trying to log in after a reboot.

I dont get any panics or anything, and after the reset to PIO everything
seems to work fine. 

ad0 is an IBM Deskstar 22GXP. I recall something about Deskstars resetting
their heads every week as a possible explanation for a similar problem, is
that what this is too?

I would of course prefer to be in DMA mode all the time rather than
PIO. If there is something I can do to fix this I'm all ears.

-Will



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