From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 07:05:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D3E106564A for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D26908FC12 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:05:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-253-149.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.253.149]) by mail12.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o2Q75YeS027348 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:05:37 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2Q75XKa033056; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:05:33 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2Q75W7K033055; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:05:32 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:05:32 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Michiel Boland Message-ID: <20100326070532.GA32799@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4BA93B35.9090304@boland.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BA93B35.9090304@boland.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-CMAE-Score: 0 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intellipark leads to high load cycle count X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:05:46 -0000 --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2010-Mar-23 23:05:41 +0100, Michiel Boland wrote: >Is there any way to turn off or increase the 8-second timeout? Or do >I have to bin the disk and use something better? All I can suggest is a small daemon that just forces the disk to do physical I/O every couple of seconds. --=20 Peter Jeremy --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkusXLwACgkQ/opHv/APuIef1QCgtIEwl90v7KU5XeiBuiMEgvkd lywAn0555BdRHz0N6RJMu+O2tMhvAQ74 =J0kP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--