Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:34:27 +0300 From: "Vlad GURDIGA" <gurdiga@gmail.com> To: "Sten Daniel Soersdal" <netslists@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IRQ storm Message-ID: <da7069940703272334na284a1l48a93e1dbaf8e64@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <460986F4.2040203@gmail.com> References: <da7069940703241601i4de83223w6147f54a53005435@mail.gmail.com> <da7069940703250101x7947842fxdfb616acc4284eb3@mail.gmail.com> <da7069940703261248l4d7f04f2j4be53ee537d8cdc3@mail.gmail.com> <460944A4.6030609@gmail.com> <da7069940703271204h2bb6251cj63ea1e8830cc7db8@mail.gmail.com> <460977E5.9050702@gmail.com> <da7069940703271312n5ee68d1ck7e786e773d614ddd@mail.gmail.com> <46098168.1040100@gmail.com> <da7069940703271345o2af01022pa3596665967559e2@mail.gmail.com> <460986F4.2040203@gmail.com>
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On 28/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> wrote: > Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> >> > On 27/03/07, Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Vlad GURDIGA wrote: > >> >> >> > After running this: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > /sbin/atacontrol reinit ata2 > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > the storm was gone. > >> >> >> > My HDD in on ata4: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > #atacontrol info ata4 > >> >> >> > Master: ad8 <ST3160812AS/3.AAD> Serial ATA II > >> >> >> > Slave: no device present > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Why? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Could be one of any number of reasons and my guess is that the > >> drive > >> >> >> wants to enter sleep mode, due to overheating or energy saving. And > >> >> >> either controller, driver or both found it unreasonable. > >> >> > > >> >> > You can see the brand and model of my drive. I have Windows XP on > >> the > >> >> > same computer which works fine. Would the drive want to enter sleep > >> >> > mode only under FreeBSD? > >> >> > >> >> Depends on your workload. Perhaps you do something under FreeBSD that > >> >> generates more heat? > >> > > >> > There is no workload: the storm is there right from the boot of OS. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> Perhaps you could inform us after you have researched it? > >> >> > > >> >> > I do not have a plain idea about what I could or should research in > >> >> > this case... Could you please be morespecific? > >> >> > >> >> I would start with the name of the SATA controller and drive and see > >> >> whether someone else has had the same problems (search archives and > >> >> google). Then i'd probably check temperatures, chipsets, try -CURRENT > >> >> (for driver updates to see whether that fixes it) and go from there. > >> > > >> > OK, I'll try. > >> > > >> >> See if you can identify a condition that triggers the IRQ storm. > >> > > >> > As I said, there is no special condition: the storm is there right > >> > from the boot of OS. > >> > > >> > >> It doesn't need to be a "special condition" to be a condition. > >> By your description it sounds to me like a problem caused by improper > >> initialization in BIOS but that Windows Drivers "fix", perhaps you need > >> to see if you can upgrade BIOS and SATA controller firmware. > > > > I updated BIOS right after the instalation: it means about a week or > > two ago. I guess the SATA firmware is included. > > > > What are your other options? This is what I'm trying to find out here. :)
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