Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:31:17 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: alexis georges <floating_in_space_@hotmail.com> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: Timecounters and 5.2 Message-ID: <20040121033117.GB29117@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY13-F55ftlH1U73Jx00099c74@hotmail.com> References: <BAY13-F55ftlH1U73Jx00099c74@hotmail.com>
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--v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:25:08PM -0500, alexis georges wrote: > could this have anythihng to do with it? i got it from the errata for 5.2 >=20 > [MSG] > (9 Jan 2004) In some cases, ATA devices may behave erratically,=20 > particularly SATA devices. Reported symptoms include command timeouts or= =20 > missing interrupts. These problems appear to be timing-dependent, making= =20 > them rather difficult to isolate. Workarounds include: >=20 > * Turn off ATA DMA using the ``safe mode'' option of the bootloader o= r=20 > the hw.ata.ata_dma sysctl variable. > * Use the host's BIOS setup options to put the ATA controller in its= =20 > ``legacy mode'', if available. > * Disable ACPI, for example using the ``safe mode'' option of the=20 > bootloader or using the hint.acpi.0.disabled kernel environment variable. > [/MSG] You tell me..have you tried the other suggested workarounds? Kris --v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADfKEWry0BWjoQKURAozUAKD1mwzY4R1Qzo5gD0GIDGJCmoDNMgCgo0gY ncfejzYJDTSZ+pu7nFzSDBk= =L3Gi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6--
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