Subject: Re: Soft error on disk write corrupted drive
To: Stuart Brooks <stuartb@cat.co.za>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/30/2007 22:04:21
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 08:53:59PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:27:43PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >
> > > Aug 18 14:56:00 Connswater1 /netbsd: wd0g: error writing fsbn 216369084 of 
> > > 216369084-216369211 (wd0 bn 268435451; cn 266305 tn 0 sn 11), retrying
> > > Aug 18 14:56:00 Connswater1 /netbsd: wd0: (id not found)
> > > Aug 18 14:56:01 Connswater1 /netbsd: wd0: soft error (corrected)
> > 
> > Hum, 268435451 = 0xffffffb. This looks like LBA48 lossage.
> > Maybe this drive doesn't handle properly LBA48 PIO transfers.
> 
> Is this a case where we are doing LBA28 transfers of multiple sectors
> that cross the boundary ?

I suspect it is, yes. But the controller may be at fault too here.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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