On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 15:56 +0000, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <1108752445.1105.34.camel_at_zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org>, Paul Mather writes: > >The "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" issue has been a recurring problem for me > >since somewhere in the 5.2.1--5.3 release range. (It's been so long now > >that I don't remember whether it first started plaguing me in 5.2.1 or > >5.3. I do know for definite I never got this problem in 5.1 and it only > >crept in during an "upgrade.") > > On a recent -CURRENT you could try the following patch. It attempts > to clean up the handling of timeouts in the ATA code by using the > new callout_init_mtx() function, and appeared to cure fairly frequent > WRITE_DMA timeout messages for me. The patch applied cleanly for me, and I've built a new kernel successfully. Let's hope it cures the problems for me, too. If this patch is an effective cure, hopefully there is a chance it will get committed and there'll be an MFC5, too. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul_at_gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent ZappaReceived on Sun Feb 20 2005 - 15:58:11 UTC
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