On 5/10/09, per...@pluto.rain.com <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > "Paul B. Mahol" <one...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 5/9/09, per...@pluto.rain.com <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote: >> > "Paul B. Mahol" <one...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 5/8/09, per...@pluto.rain.com <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote: >> >> > What, exactly, is an "interrupt storm", and how do I fix it? >> > ... >> >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source >> >> > ad6: FAILURE - SET_MULTI status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> >> >> > error=4<ABORTED> >> >> > ad6: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=136936 >> >> > >> >> > etc. etc. until I killed it with ^C. (Just entering "q", to cause >> >> > more(1) to exit and presumably stop od(1) with a SIGPIPE, did not >> >> > stop the spew of messages.) >> >> > >> >> > What does this indicate? Hardware problems? Bad configuration? >> >> > Something else? >> >> >> >> Output of "vmstat -i"? >> > >> > $ vmstat -i >> > interrupt total rate >> > irq0: clk 497386851 1004 >> > irq1: atkbd0 2491 0 >> > irq3: xl0 2030 0 >> > irq6: fdc0 11 0 >> > irq7: ppbus0 ppc0 1 0 >> > irq8: rtc 63654324 128 >> > irq9: uhci0+ 166216 0 >> >> uhci0 is doing strange things, what usb device are connected? > > There are no USB devices connected. I think those must actually > be atapci1 interrupts, since irq9 is where dmesg reported it.
Try editing /boot/device.hints lines with irq or adding similar lines ... > >> It could be bad configuration, bug or hardware problem. > -- Paul _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"