From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755309AbYDLQBs (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:01:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753390AbYDLQBl (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:01:41 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate04.web.de ([217.72.192.242]:56866 "EHLO fmmailgate04.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753164AbYDLQBk convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:01:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:01:38 +0200 Message-Id: <236468686@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: Luis Sousa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata io freeze, 2.6.18 and also 2.6.24 [POSSIBLE SOLUTION] Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX187Ls4zRT04jLV3KYBP99DpNHIZD3ks7SlOZOhnH6N6b9bVb M8BrX4PXy6E/BKgH19jzYGLI/+QPjY2afzLkHyqPRDrbAF22AA= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hi luis, glad that it worked - but let us better call this a possible workaround, not a solution. mind that you loose lots of performance with this, because all i/o is handled by the cpu now. > If everything goes well, I'll reduce the command line > in order to narrow the problem further down. yes, please! regards roland > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Luis Sousa" > Gesendet: 12.04.08 17:34:39 > An: devzero@web.de > CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: sata io freeze, 2.6.18 and also 2.6.24 [POSSIBLE SOLUTION] > > Hello all, > > Thanks to valuable help from roland, I was able to > boot with the following options: > > ``nosmp ide=nodma libata.dma=0'' > > after what I ran an agressive stability test for a > while, with no problem whatsoever. Maybe it's too > soon to say, but I have a good feeling this time. It > seems roland figured it out. > > If everything goes well, I'll reduce the command line > in order to narrow the problem further down. > > (and indeed, this is a hyper-threading single core CPU) > > Sincerely, > -- > Luis Sousa > > --- devzero@web.de escreveu: > > > did you try UP-kernel or tried booting with "nosmp" and does that make any difference ? > > > > >This is a 2-processor CPU: > > ># cat /proc/cpuinfo > > >processor : 0 > > >vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > >cpu family : 15 > > >model : 4 > > >model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz > > > > most likely this just "appears" as 2-way processor , but i´m quite sure this is just a > > single-core CPU, but with HyperThreading enabled. > > > > > > regards > > roland > > > > > > > > List: linux-kernel > > Subject: sata io freeze, 2.6.18 and also 2.6.24 > > From: Luis Sousa > > Date: 2008-03-28 22:24:48 > > Message-ID: 739784.81690.qm () web46009 ! mail ! sp1 ! yahoo ! com > > [Download message RAW] > > > > Hello, > > > > I've been having consistent hard system freezes for a > > long time, every 2 days or so, and finally decided to > > move to the most recent stable kernel. Unfortunatelly > > that didn't fix it. The freezes seem to be io-related; > > they started since I moved my drive to sata. They seem > > to happen mostly when there's an io-intensive operation, > > like extracting a big archive; a reboot is needed. > > > > Nothing ever shows up in the logs. > > > > I'm using the following drive: > > > > ATA device, with non-removable media > > Model Number: MAXTOR STM3160215AS > > Serial Number: 6RA2TMJ4 > > Firmware Revision: 3.AAD > > > > Linux localhost 2.6.24.4 #4 SMP Fri Mar 28 14:51:50 BRT 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > This is a 2-processor CPU: > > > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > > processor : 0 > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > cpu family : 15 > > model : 4 > > model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz > > stepping : 9 > > cpu MHz : 3013.697 > > cache size : 1024 KB > > > > (same goes for processor : 1) > > > > Sincerely, > > -- > > Luis Sousa > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > > http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066 > > > > > > > > Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! > http://br.mail.yahoo.com/ > > _________________________________________________________________________ Mit der Gruppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail können Sie eine SMS an alle Freunde gleichzeitig schicken: http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021179