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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:44:00 +0900
From:      "N. Fung" <fbsdml@typhoon.co.jp>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IDE ATA ATAPI tape drive (AST0) causes system to stop responding.
Message-ID:  <3F953820.9020405@typhoon.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <3F953676.9090205@typhoon.co.jp>
References:  <3F953497.3060602@jak.nl> <3F953676.9090205@typhoon.co.jp>

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Errata to my previous message:  I should have said try putting these 
lines into your /boot/loader.conf.local:

   hw.ata.ata_dma=0
   hw.ata.atapi_dma=0

Reboot and see if it helps.

N.


N. Fung wrote:

> Arjan Knepper wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Recently I installed a Dell PowerEdge 600 SC with FreeBSD 
>> 4.8-RELEASE-p13 for a client. This system has a Seagate STT20000A IDE 
>> tape drive which causes the system to stop responding when using the 
>> tape drive for backups. A hard powercycle is needed to get the system 
>> running  again.
> 
> 
> I had backup and gunzip problems with ATA on my PE600SC too.  First, try 
> putting:
> 
>   hw.ata.ata_dma=0
> 
> into /boot/loader.conf.local
> 
> first.
> 
> That solved my ATA related problem on the PE600SC.
> 
> N.
> 
>>
>> Today the last command issued is:
>>  mt fsf 1
>>
>> The last two lines on the console are:
>>
>> AST0: rezero command timeout resetting
>> ATA2: resetting devices ..
>>
>> But it also happend while writing or reading to or from the backup tape
>>
>> I have googled around and tried various suggestions but with no succes.
>>
>> I also tried FreeBSD-STABLE but problem persists.
>>
>> Does anyone have a clue what might be wrong?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Arjan
>>
>> dmesg output:
>>
>>> atapci0: <Generic PCI ATA controller> port 
>>> 0x900-0x90f,0x36c-0x36f,0x168-0x16f,0x3ec-0x3ef,0x1e8-0x1ef irq 11 at 
>>> device 14.0
>>> on pci0
>>> ata2: at 0x1e8 on atapci0
>>> ata3: at 0x168 on atapci0
>>> atapci1: <Generic PCI ATA controller> port 
>>> 0x8b0-0x8bf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 
>>> 15.1 on pci0
>>> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci1
>>> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci1
>>
>>
>>
>>> acd0: DVD-ROM <LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163> at ata2-master PIO4
>>> ast0: TAPE <Seagate STT20000A> at ata2-slave PIO4
>>
>>
>>
>> sysctl for ata
>>
>>> hw.ata.ata_dma: 1
>>> hw.ata.wc: 0
>>> hw.ata.tags: 0
>>> hw.ata.atapi_dma: 1
>>
>>
>>
>> kernel config
>>
>>> # ATA and ATAPI devices
>>> device          ata
>>> device          atadisk                 # ATA disk drives
>>> device          atapicd                 # ATAPI CDROM drives
>>> device          atapifd                 # ATAPI floppy drives
>>> device          atapist                 # ATAPI tape drives
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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