Re: ata0: FAILURE - zero length DMA transfer attempted

From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas_at_bris.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:19:54 -0800 (PST)
>From se_at_freebsd.org Sun Dec 29 09:11:31 2013
>
>Am 28.12.2013 22:01, schrieb Anton Shterenlikht:
>> Hello
>> 
>> I updated to r257910 amd64.
>> I now get lots of:
>> 
>> ata0: FAILURE - zero length DMA transfer attempted
>> ata0: setting up DMA failed
>> 
>> Please advise
>
>Hi Anton,
>
>this is generally caused by a mismatch between kernel and
>programs sending CAM requests, e.g. smartmontools or hal.
>
>Just reprogram these two packages (or others that might do
>CAM accesses) in the problem will be gone ...
>
>Regards, STefan

Thank you, that helped.

Anton
Received on Sun Dec 29 2013 - 20:26:21 UTC

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