From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 17:39:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AEF16A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:39:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from damo.axelero.hu (fe01.axelero.hu [195.228.240.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 952EF43D58 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:39:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kutizs@axelero.hu) Received: from damo (localhost-02 [127.0.2.1]) by damo.axelero.hu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id iB9Hdnvi049162 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:39:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from fe01.axelero.hu [127.0.2.1] via SMTP gateway by damo [195.228.240.89]; id A0C004F1FF8 at Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:39:48 +0100 Received: from tinca.kuti.hu (ktv32-239-75.catv-pool.axelero.hu [62.201.75.239]) by fe01.axelero.hu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id iB9HdkJj049119 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:39:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:39:11 +0100 From: Zsolt =?ISO-8859-2?Q?K=FAti?= To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20041209183911.068c9a84.kutizs@axelero.hu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0beta3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:42:52 +0000 Subject: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:39:51 -0000 Hello, My system produces these messages that I already know well from this list (as well ;): ad4: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (2 retries left) LBA=213249674 I would like to report my experiences with 5.3 RELEASE/STABLE/B7 After these messages the two former cases result in FAILURE and finally in panic. Even background fsck cannot run without another panic, only single user mode can help. All these prevent using them on my HW. However B7, although displays the messages as well, works seemingly fine. For the time being this version is sufficent, but I'd like to know - if possible at all - what the difference could be between the versions and if one can expect to bring the actual 5.3 version's state to B7's in this respect? Further to this, the different versions display the behavior of relatively frequently (many time in an hour?) stalling their responsivity for some seconds. Most of the times no message can be seen on the consol after this. It is also more rare on B7. I also found that pendrive's sensing by 5.3 RELEASE/STABLE more frequently results in panic than B7's. (As a matter of fact I have not seen it with B7 for weeks since I installed it.) I use the following either with GENERIC or custom kernel: Abit NF7-S (nVidia chipsets, SiI3112 on board), Athlon 2600+, Samsung 120G SATA, LEXAR MEDIA JUMPDRIVE, rev 1.10/0.01 Please cc it to me as well, since I'am not on the list for the time being. Many thanks! Zsolt -------------------- Zsolt Kuti