Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:10:15 -0800 (PST) From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/60526: Post-PAE stable SMP machine freezes Message-ID: <200403190210.i2J2AF6g041498@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/60526; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/60526: Post-PAE stable SMP machine freezes Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:06:41 +0700 Doug White wrote: > I HIGHLY recommend using a DIFFERENT controller for disks. The ROSB4 is OK > for CDROMs and the like, but use a different controller for the system > drive. Promise controllers work great. :) Hmm, I use SMP motherboard Intel STL2 with ServerWorks ServerSet III LE and integrated ROSB4: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/STL2/ I can't found any notes here about the controller. Could you please point me to any kind of "official" announcement from Intel, chipset or controller producer? > ATA tagging is known to work with only a few disk models. You should > enable ATA tags ONLY if you KNOW your drive supports it, and test > extensively to ensure stability. It DID work with my IBM drive (IC35L040AVER, noted in ata(4) man page) before PAE intergration without problems. Now I turned it off - it panices 4.9-STABLE under heavy load. Eugene
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