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Date:      Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:11:15 +0200
From:      Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee>
To:        Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Jean Louis Ntakpe <ntakpe@ffab.tide.ti.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ata: lost disk contact errors [was: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired!]
Message-ID:  <19991211181115.A36357@myhakas.matti.ee>
In-Reply-To: <199912102031.VAA10133@freebsd.dk>; from Soren Schmidt on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 09:31:57PM %2B0100
References:  <199912101914.UAA02864@ishtar.ffab.tide.ti.com> <199912102031.VAA10133@freebsd.dk>

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On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 09:31:57PM +0100, Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> wrote:

> > I've connected the disk back to the UDM33 controller and it works
> > fine. Now I get the message twice a day:
> > 
> > ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
> > ata0: resetting devices .. done
> > 
> > I've applied the patches until 4133 and will try to reconnect 
> > the disk to the UDMA66 controller.
> > 
> > Am I missing something about UDMA33/UDMA66 or specifically about
> > the HighPoint controller ?
> 
> Hmm, I have one in my development machine, so it takes a fair bit
> of beating, I haven't seen any of these problems. Could you mail
> me a dmesg, preferably from a verbose boot.

I'm getting the "lost disk contact" messages every now and then, but
only on our mp3 machine with PIIX3 controller and IBM UDMA/66 disk. It's
an PPro machine with Intel mobo. Can it be related to newer IBM disks?


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FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Nov 25 13:23:02 EET 1999
    root@myhakas.matti.ee:/usr/src/sys/compile/Muzz
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193200 Hz
Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 166195509 Hz
CPU: Pentium Pro (166.20-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x612  Stepping = 2
  Features=0xf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV>
real memory  = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
avail memory = 29683712 (28988K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02bf000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc02bf09c.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, c02194a4, 0) error 6
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
isab0: <Intel 82371SB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
ata-pci0: <Intel PIIX3 IDE controller> at device 7.1 on pci0
ata-pci0: Busmastering DMA supported
ata0 at 0x01f0 irq 14 on ata-pci0
ata1 at 0x0170 irq 15 on ata-pci0
xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:05:58:14
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
nsphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
vga-pci0: <ATI model 4755 graphics accelerator> at device 17.0 on pci0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60-0x6f on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <8 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
fdc0: direction bit not set
fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0 at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus 0
lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0
gusc0: <Gravis UltraSound Plug & Play PCM> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x320-0x327,0x32c-0x32f irq 11 drq 5,7 on isa0
pcm0: <GUS CS4231> on gusc0
unknown0: <Disabled Device> on isa0
unknown1: <Disabled Device> on isa0
unknown2: <Disabled Device> on isa0
unknown3: <Disabled Device> on isa0
ad0: <IBM-DPTA-353750/P51OA30A> ATA-4 disk at ata0 as master
ad0: 35772MB (73261440 sectors), 7144 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
ad0: 16 secs/int, 31 depth queue, DMA
acd0: <685A/8.4D> CDROM drive at ata1 as master
acd0: read 1171KB/s (1171KB/s), 120KB buffer, PIO
acd0: supported read types:
acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels
acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray
acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/wd0s1a
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
xl0: transmission error: 90
xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 120 bytes
xl0: transmission error: 90
xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 180 bytes
xl0: transmission error: 90
xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 240 bytes
xl0: transmission error: 90
xl0: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold to 300 bytes
ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ata0-master: ad_timeout: lost disk contact - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
-- 

Vallo Kallaste
vallo@matti.ee


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