Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:43:24 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.4 UDMA ICRC error Message-ID: <E16ha1I-00056z-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200203031539.g23Fd8KE096505@wonkity.com> References: <a5sia1$29of$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <200203031539.g23Fd8KE096505@wonkity.com>
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On Sunday 03 March 2002 09:39 am, Warren Block wrote: > While many people blame these UDMA ICRC errors on the drive or > cable, there's a known bug in several of the VIA motherboard > chipsets that produces this problem, particularly the 686B South > Bridge. A patch for the 686B didn't quite make it into 4.5; I > think it's supposed to be in 4.5-Stable in a week or so. In the > meantime, there are only a few ways to go: retrograde (as you did), > set the system to use PIO only (sysctl hw.atamodes=pio), or switch > to a standalone IDE controller like those from Promise. > > Hope this helps--good luck! Do you -- does anyone, here -- know if that patch will also work for the A586B of if a patch for that chipset is in the pipeline? Just out of curiosity, why does 4.4 complain -- is it using different I/O calls, or trying to drive the drives harder than 3.2, or... ? Thanks for the explanation, Warren -- I guess I'll just wait awhile to upgrade, then. (Be it sw or hw...) -- "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." -- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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