unkillable process in physrd-sttae

[Viktor Ivanov]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:21:22 +0200, Pav Lucistnik <pav at freebsd.org> wrote:
> I see this regularly, both DVD-Video playback and reading of files off
> data DVD. Workaround is to list directories and read files from the DVD,
> it will unstuck blocked process too. Or, issue
> 
> # atacontrol mode 1 udma33 xxx
> 
> (in case your DVD unit is alone on secondary IDE channel)...

You can try atacontrol reinit 1 too (if your DVD is on the second channel for
example). I do this all the time when burning (the burncd process stays
in physwr though and it might be an issue with burn-proof).