From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 15 6:44:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from steeltoe.niceboots.com (steeltoe.niceboots.com [208.25.85.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C04B37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:44:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (tenebrae@localhost) by steeltoe.niceboots.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g2FEhpX45545; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:43:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tenebrae@niceboots.com) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 06:43:51 -0800 (PST) From: Tenebrae Reply-To: tenebrae_bsd@niceboots.com To: "Jeffrey J. Libman" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: device changes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Jeffrey J. Libman wrote: > i upgraded my web server from fbsd 4.3 to 4.5 (stable): > > FreeBSD binnacle.wantabe.com 4.5-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat > Mar 9 20:36:33 CST 2002 > jeffrl@binnacle.wantabe.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BINNACLE i386 > > i think there were maybe some /dev changes? i'm seeing log entries like > the following: > > Mar 12 00:03:18 binnacle /kernel: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 > - resetting > Mar 12 00:03:18 binnacle /kernel: ata0: resetting devices .. ata0-master: > DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 compliant cable > > > can i get an explanation? and maybe pointer to any action i should be > taking? > > thanks in advance. I've been hoping for an explanation for this for ages. My log entry is slightly different: Mar 10 16:49:05 steeltoe /kernel: ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Mar 10 16:49:05 steeltoe /kernel: ata0: resetting devices .. done I get these once or twice a week and have for as far back as I keep log files (last July). (I'm still running 4.3-STABLE because I'm lazy like that - last updated May 17th of last year.) It was suggested that maybe my hard drive cables are longer than 18" but this is not the case. -Tenebrae. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message