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Date:      Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:28:32 -0500
From:      "Robin P. Blanchard" <robin.blanchard@gactr.uga.edu>
To:        <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: AAC vs AMR vs getblk [Re: Processes blocked on getblk or ufs]
Message-ID:  <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC013BDEB5@EBE1.gc.nat>

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> I'm finally catching up on this thread after a busy couple of=20
> weeks where I wasn't reading much list email.  There seems to=20
> be two problem areas in the thread, AAC and AMR.  For the AAC=20
> problems, I've put a work-around in place until I find the=20
> root cause.  The work-around appears to work well; I can no=20
> longer reproduce the problem where I could eadily reproduce=20
> it before, at the cost of reducing the command pool from 512=20
> to 504.  Not a big hit overall, and I'll hopefully find the=20
> real fix this weekend.
>=20
> Since I can't always read list email in detail, please please=20
> please email me directly if you have problems that might be=20
> related to aac. You'll have a much higher chance of catching=20
> my attention if you do that.
>=20
> For AMR, it looks like there is indeed a real problem, but=20
> the driver is basically without a maintainer at this point. =20
> I don't have the time right now to learn it in enough detail=20
> to be useful.

Thanks for the time and effort put into this! My dual 2650 is no longer
exhibiting any getblk issues. I would definitely encourage this being
back-ported to 5.2-rel or 5.2.1-rel.

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Robin P. Blanchard
Systems Integration Specialist
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
fon: 706.542.2404 < > fax: 706.542.6546
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