cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata ata-disk.c

Joao Barros joao.barros at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 13:42:32 UTC 2007


On 4/26/07, Rong-en Fan <grafan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/07, Ollivier Robert <roberto at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > roberto     2007-04-26 12:59:20 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/ata          ata-disk.c
> >   Log:
> >   Use the same timeout parameters for BIO_FLUSH as with the other commands.
> >
> >   This workaround the problem in Parallels/VMWare where the emulated drivers are
> >   slower, especially with ATA_FLUSHCACHE.  The problem appears much more
> >   frequently with ZFS which use it a lot more.
>
> I saw this timeout message on my ThinkPad X60 (SATA drive) three
> or four times in one day when using ZFS. I will see if this helps my
> case.

I'm seeing this occasionally now, far less then when my Promise was
sharing INTs and even "pausing" the system for a few seconds.
I'll update today and see if my now occasional messages disappear, thanks :)

-- 
Joao Barros


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