"ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" type errors with 7.0-RC1
J H
jh2007554 at s6.sector6.net
Mon Jan 28 03:14:23 PST 2008
Richard Todd wrote:
> Workaround: always make sure you run /etc/rc.d/hostid start in single-user before doing any ZFS tinkering.
>
Good advice -- thank you.
But it still sounds like Jeremy's assessment, "it's a bug", is
accurate. ZFS could certainly check for zero hostid. If zero, it
should /definitely/ display a diagnostic which encourages the admin to
use /etc/rc.d/hostid (or a printout of it). If zero, it /might/
additionally do some reads in case a likely-looking /etc/rc.d/hostid is
available, and display the hostid, perhaps even speculatively start
using it. It would save some needless "no datasets available" hair pulling.
Cheers,
JH
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