Hi, on my ultra5 I'm frequently experiencing problems with the filesystem (error -> ext3 aborted journal -> remounted readonly)
* following a cutout from kern.log: ------- kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds kernel: EXT3 FS on sdc1, internal journal kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kernel: pci_iommu: alloc_streaming_cluster of npages(131) failed! kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 12600 kernel: Aborting journal on device sdc1. kernel: ext3_abort called. kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdc1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data ------- This occurs only when creating a large number of files per time (tar xvf linux.tar will do ...). Typically the tar will run for some time (1-2 mins) before the problem occurs. Typical values for npages(...) failed are around 130. Operations with a lower creation rate (e.g. larger files of 1-2 GB) run without problems. The actual version of linux is 2.6.13.2 (from kernel.org) - I didn't remember seeing this in 2.6.12(.4). The disk is a Maxtor 200GB SATA disk, the controller is a Silicon Image Sil 3112. Any hints or clues ? Roger
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