>I've been using the patch Ian posted for a week or so now and have not >had any of the serious problems I had before I applied the patch. I >have had two incidences of "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" in the time I've been >running with the patch, but they have not resulted in the "FAILURE - >WRITE_DMA timed out" and associated fatal provider disconnection I >experienced previously. It may be completely unrelated, but since >running with this patch, my system also hasn't experienced any of the >occasional spontaneous reboots I would sometimes get before, and seems >overall more robust. > >It would be great if this patch could be applied to -CURRENT and MFC5'd, >too. I'd like to say "me too". Since patching, I have had several "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" messages, usually 2-3 per day, but no failures. The system has been running stable for about 8 days, and I do not notice any filesystem inconsistency or performance degradation.Received on Wed Mar 02 2005 - 21:26:26 UTC
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