Subject: Re: DMA error writing , soft error (corrected)
To: ByWill <by_will@yahoo.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/19/2000 11:47:56
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 11:38:51PM -0700, ByWill wrote:
> Hi, 
> I don't know why this happend? Who can Tell me?
> 
> 
> wd0e: DMA error writing fsbn 15507744 of 15507744-15507759 (wd0 bn 18699072;
> cn 18550 tn 10 sn 42), retrying Oct 18 18:47:05  /netbsd: wd0: soft error
> (corrected) Oct 18 19:52:05 /netbsd: wd0e: DMA error writing fsbn 592 of
> 592-607 (wd0 bn 3191920; cn 3166 tn 9 sn 25), retrying Oct 18 19:52:05 /netbsd:
> wd0: soft error (corrected) Oct 18 20:04:35 /netbsd: wd0e: DMA error writing
> fsbn 16821760 of 16821760-16821775 (wd0 bn 20013088; cn 19854 tn 4 sn4),
> retrying Oct 18 20:04:35 /netbsd: wd0: soft error (corrected) Oct 18 21:08:17 
> /netbsd: wd0e: DMA error reading fsbn 27127488 of 27127488-27127503 (wd0 bn
> 30318816; cn 30078 tn 3 sn3), retrying Oct 18 21:08:18  
> /netbsd: wd0: soft error (corrected)      

There are errors on your IDE bus, the driver properly detect this and
retry the operation.
Reasons can be various, usually it's because the cable between the controller
and drive isn't good enouth.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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