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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:58:32 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        msch@snafu.de
Cc:        sos@freebsd.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ATA errors on recent -current
Message-ID:  <3CBF79C8.FBC8F466@mindspring.com>
References:  <200204181551.g3IFp6F2048629@freebsd.dk> <3CBEEC41.7C58CB30@mindspring.com> <E16yHUm-0005L6-00@smart.eusc.inter.net>

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Matthias Schuendehuette wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 18. April 2002 17:54 schrieb Terry Lambert:
> > I wish someone who is having the problem would try the three
> > hacks I suggested, and report back.  I personally can't reproduce
> > the problem here, either.
> 
> So: I changed line 186 in sys/dev/ata/ata-disk.c from
> 
> adp->num_tags = atadev->param->queuelen;
> 
> to
> 
> adp->num_tags = 0x10;
> 
> which is roughly the half of the reported queuelenght (which is 0x1F).
> 
> And, Terry, I can't avoid to disappoint you... there's absolutely *no*
> change in the behaviour of the new kernel :-(

Uh... the "16" you changed to "10" was decimal, so changining it
to 0x10 changes it to ... 16.

Rather than point out the hex/decimal confusion earlier, that's
why I said "/2".


> Sorry for the bad news, but... I think, we'll wait for Soren's commit
> tonight.

Soren's commit is for a -current specific merge.  The problems
you are seeing supposedly are in RELENG_4, and will probably not
be effected... though the commit will provide much better
diagnostics than I've suggested.  8-).

-- Terry

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