Re: WRITE_DMA timeouts
On 11/05/04 01:22 PM, Forrest Aldrich sat at the `puter and typed: > I have a test machine with FreeBSD-5.3 RC2. It only has 2 drives (ATA). > I am seeing this error (intermittently): > > ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=3239915 > ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA timed out > > Though the system seems to otherwise be working just fine. > > This used to be a Windows/XP system for a long time, and I never had any > trouble. So I wonder what the above can be indicative of (ie: bad > cabling, or?). &[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was hoping this was a thing of the past. I've seen this a lot with 5.2.1, but I usually ended up with a siezed system. I don't see how the fact that you had XP on the system could affect FreeBSD. Exactly what ATA controller do you have? I've run into trouble with the Intel ICH5 SATA controller in a new Dell Dimension 8300. I received *lots* of suggestions that the drive was bad (as per the little sniglet at the bottom), but that isn't the problem - it passed every utility I was able to put it through. BTW, my drive is a brand new WD 160 Gig. After days of googling, I found only a few suggestions that the problem was the scheduler and/or the HT processor. I turned HT off in the bios, and it still locks up - especially when shutting down. I've put the hardware through dozens of checks and tests, and there are absolutely no problems except when running FreeBSD with the disk under load. Even XP didn't lock up like this. I've been holding this new Dell in limbo for nearly 4 months waiting for this exact problem to get fixed. I *really* hate to do it, but I'm going to have to consider Linux if this doesn't get resolved in 5.3. And it looks like it isn't. I know I could get the code and work on it myself, but I'm not a driver engineer, and as much as I'd like to, I don't have the time to learn it right now. Good luck. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Default, n.: The hardware's, of course. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: WRITE_DMA timeouts
Sorry, I should have specified the system. This is an older Compaq AP200. I've not idea what controller it's using on the motherboard, but can try Googling to find out. The processor is 500mhz, and has a reasonable amount of RAM. Again, this problem I'm seeing on /dev/console is intermittent. But the system otherwise appears to be peforming fine. It has 2 10krpm 10gb drives (IDE). Anyone else seeing this problem? The last build of this system was Oct 24th, I can CVSup and rebuild if there have been some corrections ? Forrest On 11/05/04 01:22 PM, Forrest Aldrich sat at the `puter and typed: I have a test machine with FreeBSD-5.3 RC2. It only has 2 drives (ATA). I am seeing this error (intermittently): ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=3239915 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA timed out Though the system seems to otherwise be working just fine. This used to be a Windows/XP system for a long time, and I never had any trouble. So I wonder what the above can be indicative of (ie: bad cabling, or?). &[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was hoping this was a thing of the past. I've seen this a lot with 5.2.1, but I usually ended up with a siezed system. I don't see how the fact that you had XP on the system could affect FreeBSD. Exactly what ATA controller do you have? I've run into trouble with the Intel ICH5 SATA controller in a new Dell Dimension 8300. I received *lots* of suggestions that the drive was bad (as per the little sniglet at the bottom), but that isn't the problem - it passed every utility I was able to put it through. BTW, my drive is a brand new WD 160 Gig. After days of googling, I found only a few suggestions that the problem was the scheduler and/or the HT processor. I turned HT off in the bios, and it still locks up - especially when shutting down. I've put the hardware through dozens of checks and tests, and there are absolutely no problems except when running FreeBSD with the disk under load. Even XP didn't lock up like this. I've been holding this new Dell in limbo for nearly 4 months waiting for this exact problem to get fixed. I *really* hate to do it, but I'm going to have to consider Linux if this doesn't get resolved in 5.3. And it looks like it isn't. I know I could get the code and work on it myself, but I'm not a driver engineer, and as much as I'd like to, I don't have the time to learn it right now. Good luck. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Default, n.: The hardware's, of course. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: WRITE_DMA timeouts
You can get your ATA controller by looking for "ATA" in /var/run/dmesg.boot. And FTR, my problem is intermittent too, but seems to lock the system up with partition corruption when the disk is under heavy load. Good luck. Lou On 11/05/04 03:26 PM, Forrest Aldrich sat at the `puter and typed: > Sorry, I should have specified the system. This is an older Compaq > AP200. I've not idea what controller it's using on the motherboard, but > can try Googling to find out. The processor is 500mhz, and has a > reasonable amount of RAM. > > Again, this problem I'm seeing on /dev/console is intermittent. But > the system otherwise appears to be peforming fine. > > It has 2 10krpm 10gb drives (IDE). > > Anyone else seeing this problem? > > The last build of this system was Oct 24th, I can CVSup and rebuild if > there have been some corrections ? > > > > Forrest > > > > On 11/05/04 01:22 PM, Forrest Aldrich sat at the `puter and typed: > > I have a test machine with FreeBSD-5.3 RC2. It only has 2 drives (ATA). > > I am seeing this error (intermittently): > > > > ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=3239915 > > ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA timed out > > > > Though the system seems to otherwise be working just fine. > > > > This used to be a Windows/XP system for a long time, and I never had any > > trouble. So I wonder what the above can be indicative of (ie: bad > > cabling, or?). > > &[EMAIL PROTECTED] I was hoping this was a thing of the past. > > I've seen this a lot with 5.2.1, but I usually ended up with a siezed > system. I don't see how the fact that you had XP on the system could > affect FreeBSD. > > Exactly what ATA controller do you have? I've run into trouble with the > Intel ICH5 SATA controller in a new Dell Dimension 8300. I received > *lots* of suggestions that the drive was bad (as per the little sniglet > at the bottom), but that isn't the problem - it passed every utility I > was able to put it through. > > BTW, my drive is a brand new WD 160 Gig. > > After days of googling, I found only a few suggestions that the problem > was the scheduler and/or the HT processor. I turned HT off in the bios, > and it still locks up - especially when shutting down. I've put the > hardware through dozens of checks and tests, and there are absolutely no > problems except when running FreeBSD with the disk under load. Even XP > didn't lock up like this. > > I've been holding this new Dell in limbo for nearly 4 months waiting for > this exact problem to get fixed. I *really* hate to do it, but I'm > going to have to consider Linux if this doesn't get resolved in 5.3. > And it looks like it isn't. I know I could get the code and work on it > myself, but I'm not a driver engineer, and as much as I'd like to, I > don't have the time to learn it right now. > > Good luck. > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > Default, n.: > The hardware's, of course. > > > > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Arnold's Addendum: Everything else causes cancer in rats. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
