Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:18:02 +0200 From: Pertti Kosunen <pertti.kosunen@pp.nic.fi> To: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA - A possible FIX! turn off ACPI Message-ID: <41D2AE8A.6060507@pp.nic.fi> In-Reply-To: <wpu0q5opa8.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> References: <20041209183911.068c9a84.kutizs@axelero.hu> <41D0C51D.8020800@osoft.us> <wpu0q5opa8.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr>
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Arno J. Klaassen wrote: >dunno, I'd more suspect ACPI<->APIC issues : untill now >I only had problems on nForce based systems, but today I >installed a brand new VIA based A7VT mini-server and >re-voila les "XXX_DMA" errors (and accompanying severe >system slow-down). >(Disk swapped from the old PII-233 minimalist-server; worked >OK there; disabling APIC (in BOIS and/or config and/or hints) >made disappear the XXX_DMA messages (and gave me my network >connexion back ;) ) whilst ACPI still enabled). > No help here with ACPI or APIC disabled/enabled in any order. First ata-channel works ok with 40GB & 120GB disks, but second channel with single 160GB disk has *_DMA issues. 160GB disk works ok at PIO4 mode. Asus A7A266 motherboard with ALI chipset & Athlon 1333MHz processor. FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE (&RELEASE)
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