Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:03:16 +0100 (CET) From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: joeo@nks.net Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Errors from the ata disk driver Message-ID: <199912130803.JAA33772@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912111531070.14140-100000@homer.mkintl.com> from "joeo@nks.net" at "Dec 11, 1999 03:35:24 pm"
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It seems joeo@nks.net wrote: > Will the backdown to PIO mode be permanent till the next reboot of the > machine, or will the driver be able to attempt to return to DMA mode after > a timeout period. I'm only seeing these errors under really heavy disk > activity (mutlitple nfs readers and writers plus rsync/mirror jobs to the > vinum volume in question). The fallback is permanent, but it only occurs after 3 retries on the failed request. If it fails 3 times in a row, there is something really wrong on that channel, ie bad cableing etc etc... -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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