Re: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA - A possible FIX! turn off ACPI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Koberg" <joe_at_osoft.us>
To: "Zsolt Kúti" <kutizs_at_axelero.hu>
Cc: <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org>; <freebsd-stable_at_freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA - A possible FIX! turn off ACPI


> Zsolt Kúti wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> >
> Like many people I was confronted with "TIMEOUT - READ_DMA"
> and "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" errors on my drives. I was frustrated.
> But I found a workaround: Turning off ACPI.
>
> I just received a Highpoint RocketRaid 1640 controller,
> 2 Maxtor 300GB drives, and a Supermicro 5-drive SATA cage.
> I am testing this configuration for a storage server.
>
> I am using an old motherboard, DTK brand, Slot 1. 300A Celeron.
>
> Under a fresh install of 5.3-RELEASE I am unable to read or write
> both drives heavily at the same time.  One drive alone seems to work
> OK. When I run dd blasting both drives with seqential IO, I get
> TIMEOUT - WRITE(READ)_DMA. Repeatably, within 15 seconds.
>
> However I got a good test before I installed 5.3-R, the box was running
> with 5.3-BETA. Only difference was I booted without ACPI.
>
> So I rebooted the freshly installed 5.3-R without ACPI, and It works!
> I can read at 50MB/s per drive concurrently (hitting PCI bus speed
> limit?), and write at 30MB/s per drive concurrently. No errors so
> far, and its been dd'ing for a half hour.
>
> I hope this report helps someone!
>
>
>
> Joe Koberg
> joe at osoft dot us

I 2 have been seeing this error sence 4.9 with my westeren digital 80gig hd
the error message has changed a little between the two vers .. but i do have
this in device.hints  , hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"  , and i still see the
error messages . any way i just whanted to post in and let every one know
that turning off ACPI , might not work for you.
ohh and off subject here , i had acpi turned off becouse my net cards
wouldnt work with it on ..








> dmesg:
>
> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 04:19:18 UTC 2004
>     root_at_harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (307.84-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x660  Stepping = 0
>
>
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,
PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
> real memory  = 402587648 (383 MB)
> avail memory = 384270336 (366 MB)
> npx0: [FAST]
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcib0: <Intel 82443LX (440 LX) host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 7 Entries> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> agp0: <Intel 82443LX (440 LX) host to PCI bridge> mem
> 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
> pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller> port
> 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 7.1 on pci0
> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
> ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
> uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xb000-0xb01f irq
> 10 at device 7.2 on pci0
> uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ums0: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), rev
> 1.10/3.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir.
> pci0: <bridge, PCI-unknown> at device 7.3 (no driver attached)
> atapci1: <HighPoint HPT374 (channel 0+1) UDMA133 controller> port
> 0xc400-0xc4ff,0xc000-0xc003,0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb800-0xb803,0xb400-0xb407
> irq 11 at device 17.0 on pci0
> ata2: channel #0 on atapci1
> ata3: channel #1 on atapci1
> atapci2: <HighPoint HPT374 (channel 2+3) UDMA133 controller> port
> 0xd800-0xd8ff,0xd400-0xd403,0xd000-0xd007,0xcc00-0xcc03,0xc800-0xc807
> irq 11 at device 17.1 on pci0
> ata4: channel #0 on atapci2
> ata5: channel #1 on atapci2
> dc0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem
> 0xec000000-0xec0003ff irq 12 at device 18.0 on pci0
> miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
> ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
> ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> dc0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:56:80:76
> dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant
> dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 19.0 (no driver attached)
> cpu0 on motherboard
> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xcc000-0xcdfff,0xc0000-0xc8fff on isa0
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> fdc0: [FAST]
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
> unknown: <PNP0a03> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 307842170 Hz quality 800
> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> ad0: 43979MB <IBM-DTLA-307045/TX6OA60A> [89355/16/63] at ata0-master
UDMA33
> ad4: 286188MB <Maxtor 6B300S0/BANC1B10> [581463/16/63] at ata2-master
> UDMA133
> ad6: 286188MB <Maxtor 6B300S0/BANC1B10> [581463/16/63] at ata3-master
> UDMA133
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
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> >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
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