ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

[Tony Byrne]

Hello Bob,


>>can be hardware reasons for timeouts such as a dying disk or cable,
>>but I think we've eliminated these in our case. [etc]

BB> Don't ignore the possibility of failing controller hardware. We had
BB> comparable mysterious problems on a client system, causing a lot of
BB> head-scratching. Eventually the failure went hard and we had to replace the
BB> motherboard.

I hear ya!  However, moving back to an older kernel changes the
severity of the problem from a timeout every 2 to three minutes during
heavy activity to about 4 or 5 in a 24 hour period.  That doesn't
sound like hardware to me.

Regards,

Tony.

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Tony Byrne