Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 11:41:08 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Grigoriy Strokin <grg@philol.msu.ru> Cc: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ad0 drivers revisited Message-ID: <392C2244.59354D02@3-cities.com> References: <20000522182937.C9843@pir.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221916240.350-100000@discover.siteplus.net> <20000523162722.A97474@isabase.philol.msu.ru> <392AFEA3.46FDBDAD@3-cities.com> <20000524154617.A11855@isabase.philol.msu.ru>
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Grigoriy Strokin wrote: > > On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 02:56:51PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > > Grigoriy Strokin wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:26:50PM -0400, Jim Weeks wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Define "it doesn't work" ? > > > > > > > > ad0: 4884MB <Maxtor 85120A8> [10585/15/63] at ata0-master using BIOSDMA > > > > ata1-slave: simplex device, DMA on primary only > > > > acd0: CDROM <FX400D> at ata1-slave using BIOSPIO > > > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > > > In my case, I see the message 'dma,dma -> pio,pio' > > > at this point. Maybe try /sbin/sysctl instead > > > of just sysctl? > > > > Have you all done a "man sysctl.conf" > > We all have done many things, including that... > And I personally know that the earlier > dma,dma -> pio,pio > is done, the better is the chance that the > filesystem will not be corrupted and I will > not have to look for all my files > in /usr/lost+found I was really concerned when I upgraded to 4.0 because all three of my systems at home are on UDMA66 ide's. The motherboard's don't support UDMA66 but I know the next one will. The concern at that point was whether I needed the / part of my system on a slower drive and all of the mount links on the faster drives. Things like you are experiencing make me nervous about not using scsi. Kent > > > Kent > > > > > > > > > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > > > > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > > > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > > > > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > > > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > > > > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > > > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > > > > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=eb e=eb > > > > ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode > > > > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't switch to pio mode or doesn't stop timeouts ? > > > > > > > > There is no change in the timeouts with or without adding the line to > > > > rc. At least it does eventually fall back to PIO. I understand from some > > > > of the posts that not every case is so. > > > > > > > > > If there was a fix known, for it to be scheduled, it would probably > > > > > already be in the tree. > > > > > > > > I was actually hoping that someone with a fix in the works would > > > > respond ;-) > > > > > > > > I do appreciate your response though. My late Father always said that two > > > > heads were better than one, even if one is a punkin head. Of course that > > > > one would be mine ;_) > > > > > > > > Jim Weeks > > > > -------- A mind is a terrible thing to lose! How I miss mine.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > > === Grigoriy Strokin, Lomonosov University (MGU), Moscow === > > > === contact info: http://isabase.philol.msu.ru/~grg/ === > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME > > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > > > Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > === Grigoriy Strokin, Lomonosov University (MGU), Moscow === > === contact info: http://isabase.philol.msu.ru/~grg/ === > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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