Hi I have been noticing these kernel messages once in a while on my i386 machine running 4.3 (+ all patches up to date). The drive is brand new 500GB SATA.
ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x0 ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x0 ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x40<INUSE> ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x40<INUSE> ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x40<INUSE> Is this the sign of an impending motherboard failure? It is an intel D915GVWB. Can someone please shed some light on the meaning of these. I know 4.5 is about to be released. I will definitely move on to it. If this regards some issue which was fixed in 4.4 or later, I apologize for bringing this up again. The dmesg is as follows. Let me know if anything else is required for analysis . OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Feb 12 22:22:54 IST 2009 root@:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3.07 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CNXT-ID,CX16,xTPR real mem = 1599647744 (1525MB) avail mem = 1537679360 (1466MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 10/12/05, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xe5bf1 (32 entries) bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "WB91X10J.86A.1319.2005.1012.0939" date 10/12/2005 bios0: Intel Corporation D915GVWB apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: battery life expectancy 0% apm0: AC off, battery charge unknown, estimated 0:00 hours acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured pcibios at bios0 function 0x1a not configured bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xae00! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82915G Host" rev 0x04 agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0x60000000, size 0x10000000 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82915G Video" rev 0x04 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801FB HD Audio" rev 0x03: irq 11 azalia0: codec[s]: Realtek ALC880 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 9 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 9 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xd3 pci5 at ppb4 bus 5 vr0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT6105 RhineIII" rev 0x8b: irq 11, address 00:21:91:8e:3f:4b ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr1 at pci5 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT6105 RhineIII" rev 0x8b: irq 11, address 00:21:91:8d:e8:be ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 fxp0 at pci5 dev 8 function 0 "Intel 82801FB LAN" rev 0x01, i82562: irq 11, address 00:16:76:63:2f:e3 inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82562ET 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801FB LPC" rev 0x03: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801FB IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, CDW/DVD SH-M522C, TS06> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801FB SATA" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide1: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3500320AS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801FB SMBus" rev 0x03: irq 10 iic0 at ichiic0 adt0 at iic0 addr 0x2e: emc6d100 rev 0x68 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo biomask ef6d netmask ef6d ttymask ffef mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b syncing disks... done rebooting... OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Feb 12 22:22:54 IST 2009 root@:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3.07 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CNXT-ID,CX16,xTPR real mem = 1599647744 (1525MB) avail mem = 1537679360 (1466MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 10/12/05, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xe5bf1 (32 entries) bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "WB91X10J.86A.1319.2005.1012.0939" date 10/12/2005 bios0: Intel Corporation D915GVWB apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: battery life expectancy 0% apm0: AC off, battery charge unknown, estimated 0:00 hours acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured pcibios at bios0 function 0x1a not configured bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xae00! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82915G Host" rev 0x04 agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0x60000000, size 0x10000000 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82915G Video" rev 0x04 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801FB HD Audio" rev 0x03: irq 11 azalia0: codec[s]: Realtek ALC880 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801FB PCIE" rev 0x03 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 9 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 9 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xd3 pci5 at ppb4 bus 5 vr0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT6105 RhineIII" rev 0x8b: irq 11, address 00:21:91:8e:3f:4b ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr1 at pci5 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT6105 RhineIII" rev 0x8b: irq 11, address 00:21:91:8d:e8:be ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 fxp0 at pci5 dev 8 function 0 "Intel 82801FB LAN" rev 0x01, i82562: irq 11, address 00:16:76:63:2f:e3 inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82562ET 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801FB LPC" rev 0x03: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801FB IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TSSTcorp, CDW/DVD SH-M522C, TS06> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801FB SATA" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide1: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3500320AS> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801FB SMBus" rev 0x03: irq 10 iic0 at ichiic0 adt0 at iic0 addr 0x2e: emc6d100 rev 0x68 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo biomask ef6d netmask ef6d ttymask ffef mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x0 ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x0 ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x40<INUSE> ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0 ichiic0: exec: op 1, addr 0x2e, cmdlen 1, len 1, flags 0x00: timeout, status 0x40<INUSE> ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x40<INUSE> Thanks for your time. Yours Srikant.