Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 03:07:06 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: How do I turn off "preemption" (getting "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA") Message-ID: <200409290307.10470.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20040928163631.GA3437@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41598E3A.7070504@optonline.net> <20040928163631.GA3437@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Am Dienstag, 28. September 2004 18:36 schrieb Kris Kennaway: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:15:54PM -0400, bsdfsse wrote: > > I am getting "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" messages on my ad2 and ad3 > > hard-drives. I never get them on ad0 or the CD drive. I did some > > searching, and it sounds like I need to turn of "preemption" in the > > kernel. I'm running 5.3-BETA4 on the computer. > > > > I am going to guess this is turned on for the beta-testing. > > > > Any ideas? I just started running 5.x last night. %-) > > Update to the latest beta, which has a fixed ata driver. > Kris Right, but I'd also like to know how I can turn it off. Just for curiosity. Thanks, -Mano
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