"Paul B. Mahol" <one...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/9/09, per...@pluto.rain.com <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > "Paul B. Mahol" <one...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 5/8/09, per...@pluto.rain.com <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > >> > What, exactly, is an "interrupt storm", and how do I fix it? > > ... > >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source > >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source > >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source > >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source > >> > interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source > >> > ad6: FAILURE - SET_MULTI status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=4<ABORTED> > >> > ad6: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=136936 > >> > > >> > etc. etc. until I killed it with ^C. (Just entering "q", to cause > >> > more(1) to exit and presumably stop od(1) with a SIGPIPE, did not > >> > stop the spew of messages.) > >> > > >> > What does this indicate? Hardware problems? Bad configuration? > >> > Something else? > >> > >> Output of "vmstat -i"? > > > > $ vmstat -i > > interrupt total rate > > irq0: clk 497386851 1004 > > irq1: atkbd0 2491 0 > > irq3: xl0 2030 0 > > irq6: fdc0 11 0 > > irq7: ppbus0 ppc0 1 0 > > irq8: rtc 63654324 128 > > irq9: uhci0+ 166216 0 > > uhci0 is doing strange things, what usb device are connected?
There are no USB devices connected. I think those must actually be atapci1 interrupts, since irq9 is where dmesg reported it. > It could be bad configuration, bug or hardware problem. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
