System hangs during heavy sequential write to mfi device

[John Baldwin]

On Friday 25 June 2010 7:57:41 am Ireneusz Pluta wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I already posted this to freebsd-questions, with no response, so far.
> As this is rather a problem closer to hardware issues, so maybe here I 
> have a better luck. Hope nobody blames me for crossposting.
> 
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: N<M2I> NISAM NIM I II3SS0A,A N  NE3MIMS0II3, 
> N 0I ,ENSIMA NSI IEAMASI MI A IS3S A00 0,
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: I
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: A33
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: I
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: <
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: <<2>22< >00<,
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: <>2>EI2S2A 0
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: 0>
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: ,< SE2AI>S>A  0E 3IS0IA, S A0E
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: I
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: <<2>2S>A 300
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: ,
> Jun 22 15:09:21 emu kernel: EISA 0
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: NMI ISA N3M0I,  IESNISAAM  0I
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: 3N
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: <
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: <22<>0,<N <2>EN I2IMI>SASA  NM0> 2INI
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: >MS I
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: MM<I3 02IS, >AE A II2S 0I, AI IE0SIS
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: SS
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: <
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: 2<<><A2 02
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: 2
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: ><>>A2 A200 , 22E>,0I ,SE EIASI SAA  00A2
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: 0
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel:
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: <<22>>,0
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: E
> Jun 22 15:09:24 emu kernel: ISA 0

You are getting NMI's.  Have you tried checking the system's event log (if it 
has one) for messages about hardware errors?

-- 
John Baldwin