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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:51:00 +0200
From:      Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   kern/902: "The alternate system clock has died"
Message-ID:  <199512181551.RAA24364@katiska.clinet.fi>
Resent-Message-ID: <199512181600.IAA03188@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         902
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       system becomes very sluggish, odd messages, odd vmstat output
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 18 08:00:02 PST 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Heikki Suonsivu
>Organization:
Clinet, Espoo, Finland
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

kernel is -current from November 26th.  This could have been fixed, but I
haven't been able to get a stable snapshot out of -current yet to see if it
is.

machine		"i386"
cpu		"I386_CPU"
cpu		"I486_CPU"
cpu		"I586_CPU"		# aka Pentium(tm)
ident		CLINETSERVER
maxusers	256
options "NMBCLUSTERS=8192"
options "TTYHOG=4096"
options "RS_IBUFSIZE=1024"
options		"CHILD_MAX=512"
options		"OPEN_MAX=512"
options		MATH_EMULATE		#Support for x87 emulation
                                        #new math emulator 
config		kernel	root on wd0 swap on wd0 and wd1 and sd0 and sd1 and sd2 and sd3 and vn0 dumps on sd0

options		"COMPAT_43"
options		USER_LDT		#allow user-level control of i386 ldt
options		SYSVSHM
options		SYSVSEM
options		SYSVMSG

options		KTRACE			#kernel tracing
options		DIAGNOSTIC
options		UCONSOLE

options		INET			#Internet communications protocols
pseudo-device	ether			#Generic Ethernet
pseudo-device	sppp			#Generic Synchronous PPP
pseudo-device	loop			#Network loopback device
pseudo-device	sl	16		#Serial Line IP
pseudo-device	ppp	32		#Point-to-point protocol
pseudo-device	bpfilter	4	#Berkeley packet filter
pseudo-device	disc			#Discard device
pseudo-device	tun	1		#Tunnel driver(user process ppp)
options		"TCP_COMPAT_42"		#emulate 4.2BSD TCP bugs
options		GATEWAY			#internetwork gateway
options		MROUTING		# Multicast routing
options         IPFIREWALL              #firewall
options         IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE      #print information about
					# dropped packets

options		FFS			#Fast filesystem
options		NFS			#Network File System
options		"CD9660"		#ISO 9660 filesystem
options		FDESC			#File descriptor filesystem
options		KERNFS			#Kernel filesystem
options		LFS			#Log filesystem
options		MFS			#Memory File System
options		MSDOSFS			#MS DOS File System
options		NULLFS			#NULL filesystem
options		PORTAL			#Portal filesystem
options		PROCFS			#Process filesystem
options		UMAPFS			#UID map filesystem
options		UNION			#Union filesystem
options		DEVFS			#devices filesystem

controller	scbus0 	#base SCSI code
device		ch0	#SCSI media changers
device		sd0	#SCSI disks
device		st0	#SCSI tapes
device		cd0	#SCSI CD-ROMs
disk sd0 at scbus0 target 0
disk sd1 at scbus0 target 1
disk sd2 at scbus0 target 2
disk sd3 at scbus0 target 3
disk sd4 at scbus0 target 4
disk sd5 at scbus0 target 5
disk sd6 at scbus0 target 6
tape st0 at scbus0 target 0
tape st1 at scbus0 target 1
tape st2 at scbus0 target 2
tape st3 at scbus0 target 3
tape st4 at scbus0 target 4
tape st5 at scbus0 target 5
tape st6 at scbus0 target 6
device cd0 at scbus0 target 0
device cd1 at scbus0 target 1
device cd2 at scbus0 target 2
device cd3 at scbus0 target 3
device cd4 at scbus0 target 4
device cd5 at scbus0 target 5
device cd6 at scbus0 target 6
options		SCSI_REPORT_GEOMETRY

pseudo-device	pty	256	#Pseudo ttys - can go as high as 64
pseudo-device	speaker		#Play IBM BASIC-style noises out your speaker
pseudo-device	log		#Kernel syslog interface (/dev/klog)
pseudo-device	gzip		#Exec gzipped a.out's
pseudo-device	vn		#Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)

controller	isa0
options		"AUTO_EOI_1"
options		BOUNCE_BUFFERS
device		vt0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector pcrint
options		"PCVT_FREEBSD=210"	# pcvt running on FreeBSD 2.1
options		XSERVER			# include code for XFree86
options		FAT_CURSOR		# start with block cursor
options		HARDFONTS
options         MAXCONS=16
device		npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr
controller      bt0     at isa? port "IO_BT0" bio irq ? vector bt_isa_intr
controller	aha0	at isa? port "IO_AHA0" bio irq ? drq 5 vector ahaintr
controller	wdc0	at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr
disk		wd0	at wdc0 drive 0
disk		wd1	at wdc0 drive 1
controller	fdc0	at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
disk		fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
disk		fd1	at fdc0 drive 1
tape		ft0	at fdc0 drive 2
device		lpt0	at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr
device		lpt1	at isa? port? tty
device		sio0	at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr
device		sio1	at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr
device		sio2	at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr
device		sio3	at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 vector siointr
options		COM_MULTIPORT		#code for some cards with shared IRQs
device ar0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 vector arintr
device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr
controller	snd0
device pas0     at isa? port 0x388 irq 10 drq 6 vector pasintr
device sb0      at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr
device sbxvi0   at isa? drq 5
device sbmidi0  at isa? port 0x330
device gus0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 12 drq 1 vector gusintr
device mss0 at isa? port 0x530 irq 10 drq 1 vector adintr
device opl0     at isa? port 0x388 conflicts
device mpu0     at isa? port 0x330 irq 6 drq 0
device uart0 at isa? port 0x330 irq 5 vector "m6850intr"
device pca0 at isa? port IO_TIMER1 tty
device		mcd0	at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 10 vector mcdintr
controller      matcd0  at isa? port 0x230 bio
device		cy0	at isa? tty irq 10 iomem 0xd4000 iosiz 0x2000 vector cyintr
controller	eisa0
controller	ahb0
controller	ahc0
controller	pci0
device		ncr1
device		de5
options		PROBE_VERBOSE
options		SHOW_BUSYBUFS	# List buffers that prevent root unmount
options		"SCSI_DELAY=10"

Dec 17 19:49:42 katiska /kernel: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #2: Sun Nov 26 06:35:44 EET 1995
Dec 17 19:49:42 katiska /kernel:     hsu@katiska.clinet.fi:/usr/current/src/sys/compile/CLINETSERVER
Dec 17 19:49:42 katiska /kernel: CPU: 90-MHz Pentium 735\90 (Pentium-class CPU)
Dec 17 19:49:42 katiska /kernel:   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x524  Stepping=4
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel:   Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: real memory  = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: avail memory = 62394368 (60932K bytes)
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: vt0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: vt0: tvga 8900cl, 80/132 col, mono, 8 scr, mf2-kbd, [R3.20-b24]
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: ed0: address 00:00:c0:cd:b9:a3, type WD8013EPC (16 bit) 
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: lpt1 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: lpt2 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: sio0: type 16550A
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: sio1: type 16550A
Dec 17 19:49:43 katiska /kernel: sio2 not found at 0x3e8
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: sio3 not found at 0x2e8
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: pca0 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: pca0: PC speaker audio driver
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: bt0 not found at 0x330
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: aha0 not found at 0x330
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: wdc0 not found at 0x1f0
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: fdc0: NEC 72065B
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: mcd0: timeout getting status
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: mcd0 not found at 0x300
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: npx0 on motherboard
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: npx0: INT 16 interface
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: matcdc0 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: matcdc1 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: matcdc2 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: matcdc3 not found at 0xffffffff
Dec 17 19:49:44 katiska /kernel: Probing for devices on the PCI bus:
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: chip0 <Intel 82434NX (Neptune) PCI cache memory controller> rev 17 on pci0:0
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: chip1 <Intel 82378IB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 67 on pci0:2
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: ncr0 <ncr 53c810 scsi> rev 2 int a irq 9 on pci0:12
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: (ncr0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST15230N 0298" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access 
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: 4095MB (8386733 512 byte sectors)
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd0(ncr0:0:0): with 3992 cyls, 19 heads, and an average 110 sectors/track
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: (ncr0:3:0): "SEAGATE ST31200N 9348" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd3(ncr0:3:0): Direct-Access 
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd3(ncr0:3:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: 1011MB (2072435 512 byte sectors)
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: sd3(ncr0:3:0): with 2700 cyls, 9 heads, and an average 85 sectors/track
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: (ncr0:4:0): "HP C1533A 9503" type 1 removable SCSI 2
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: st4(ncr0:4:0): Sequential-Access 
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: st4(ncr0:4:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: density code 0x24, variable blocks, write-enabled
Dec 17 19:49:45 katiska /kernel: ncr1 <ncr 53c810 scsi> rev 1 int a irq 9 on pci0:14
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: ncr1 waiting for scsi devices to settle
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: (ncr1:3:0): "SEAGATE ST15230N 0168" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): Direct-Access 
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: 4095MB (8386733 512 byte sectors)
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): with 3992 cyls, 19 heads, and an average 110 sectors/track
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: changing root device to sd0a
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: new masks: bio c0000240, tty c00300ba, net c00300ba
Dec 17 19:49:46 katiska /kernel: WARNING: / was not properly dismounted.

>Description:

System becomes very sluggish and vmstat output shows up odd things:

 procs   memory     page                    disks         faults      cpu
 r b w   avm   fre  flt  re  pi  po  fr  sr f0 s0 s3 s7   in   sy  cs us sy id
 6 2 0623128  1120 9824   6   4   5 103 1159  0 22 13 73  601 1651 371 22 36 42
 8 7 0630380  2520  455  18  26  65 123 12056  0 6016 5760 256  760  844 501  0  0  0
 6 1 0617616  1672  310  17  28  37  82 7180  0 5248 3712 384  627  599 436  0  0  0
 1 3 0622408   964  396   7  90   0 201   0  0 8448 2688 640  546  698 397  0  0  0
 7 341613984   988  419   3  51  48 121 50088  0 8960 2816 256  846 8529 309  0  0  0
 81045629340  3628  750   3  51  33 868 70934  0 13184 5248 2944 1013 9169 594  0  0  0
 4 637616900  5868  397  16  54  87  85 78090  0 13184 4992 1664  601 3998 334  0  0  0
 6 431626244  7160  597 136  35 138  37 75381  0 13824 7424 384  638 1209 371  0  0  0
12 529626244  7788  321  23  26 160  10 59704  0 16000 7552  0  668  429 324  0  0  0
 6 623609280  8072  565  32  41 124 278 41032  0 14592 6272 384  759 3293 494  0  0  0

systat fails with

          The alternate system clock has died!
          Reverting to ``pigs'' display.

when I try to get vmstat display.

I noticed the following messages earlier in messages, but I don't know
whether these are the reason for the failure. 

Dec 18 12:03:55 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:d0de6 asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error field replaceable unit: d0 sks:80,29
Dec 18 12:03:55 katiska /kernel: , retries:4
Dec 18 12:03:58 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:d0de6 asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error field replaceable unit: d0 sks:80,29
Dec 18 12:03:58 katiska /kernel: , retries:3
Dec 18 12:04:00 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:d0de6 asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error field replaceable unit: d0 sks:80,29
Dec 18 12:04:00 katiska /kernel: , retries:2
Dec 18 12:04:02 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:d0de6 asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error field replaceable unit: d0 sks:80,29
Dec 18 12:04:02 katiska /kernel: , retries:1
Dec 18 12:04:05 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:d0de6 asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error field replaceable unit: d0 sks:80,29
Dec 18 12:04:05 katiska /kernel: , FAILURE
Dec 18 12:04:07 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): VOLUME OVERFLOW ILI (length mismatch): -555827027 csi:de,c0,ad,de asc:de,c0 Vendor Specific ASC field replaceable unit: ad sks:de,3
Dec 18 12:04:07 katiska /kernel: , retries:4
Dec 18 12:04:09 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): VOLUME OVERFLOW ILI (length mismatch): -555827027 csi:de,c0,ad,de asc:de,c0 Vendor Specific ASC field replaceable unit: ad sks:de,3
Dec 18 12:04:09 katiska /kernel: , retries:3
Dec 18 12:04:11 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): VOLUME OVERFLOW ILI (length mismatch): -555827027 csi:de,c0,ad,de asc:de,c0 Vendor Specific ASC field replaceable unit: ad sks:de,3
Dec 18 12:04:12 katiska /kernel: , retries:2
Dec 18 12:04:14 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): VOLUME OVERFLOW ILI (length mismatch): -555827027 csi:de,c0,ad,de asc:de,c0 Vendor Specific ASC field replaceable unit: ad sks:de,3
Dec 18 12:04:14 katiska /kernel: , retries:1
Dec 18 12:04:16 katiska /kernel: sd7(ncr1:3:0): VOLUME OVERFLOW ILI (length mismatch): -555827027 csi:de,c0,ad,de asc:de,c0 Vendor Specific ASC field replaceable unit: ad sks:de,3
Dec 18 12:04:16 katiska /kernel: , FAILURE

The disk in question does not seem to do anything odd, it works.

>How-To-Repeat:



>Fix:
	

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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