Re: delay in boot: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:01:58 + Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org wrote: simply add options ATA_CAM to your kernel conf and your good to go after building installing the new kernel. To get the benefits of AHCI I think it's better to use the ahci(4) driver instead of the CAM-ATA wrapper. -- Bruce Cran ___ 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
delay in boot: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0
I get about a 30 second delay during boot for each hard-drive connected to my PC. I'm running FreeBSD 8.1 AMD64 on an ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard. atapci0: [ITHREAD] ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 Is there something I can define or disable to make these timeouts go faster? These lines get the delay: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 ___ 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
Re: delay in boot: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0
On Mon Feb 14 11, Xn Nooby wrote: I get about a 30 second delay during boot for each hard-drive connected to my PC. I'm running FreeBSD 8.1 AMD64 on an ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard. atapci0: [ITHREAD] ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 Is there something I can define or disable to make these timeouts go faster? These lines get the delay: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 A) you can rebuild your kernel with optionsATA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=3 to reduce the timeout to 3 seconds. that should be enough for new hdds/controllers. B) or you could try switching from ATA(4) to CAM(4) via the ATA_CAM kernel option (see ATA(4) for an explanation). since you're running pretty new hardware and a recent fbsd version you would defenately benefit from switching to CAM(4). it has much better ahci support e.g. simply add options ATA_CAM to your kernel conf and your good to go after building installing the new kernel. also the probelm might be in your BIOS. be sure to deactivate all ATA channels which don't have a device connected to them. otherwise fbsd will look for one until the timeout gets hit (both in ATA(4) and CAM(4)). in fact you might want to check the bios before trying any of the steps A) or B), because this very likely seems to be the problem in your case. cheers. alex -- a13x ___ 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
Re: delay in boot: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0
Hi Alex, I will double-check my BIOS, I thought I had unused ports disabled, but I might have missed some (it's a complex motherboard!). I probably wont recompile my kernel, because I think that would prohibit me from using the freebsd-update program. I can always just wait, it was a bigger problem when I had 6 drives in it. It almost seems to be pausing when it finds a drive, I have a CDROM and one HD in it now. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org wrote: On Mon Feb 14 11, Xn Nooby wrote: I get about a 30 second delay during boot for each hard-drive connected to my PC. I'm running FreeBSD 8.1 AMD64 on an ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard. atapci0: [ITHREAD] ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 Is there something I can define or disable to make these timeouts go faster? These lines get the delay: ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 A) you can rebuild your kernel with options ATA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=3 to reduce the timeout to 3 seconds. that should be enough for new hdds/controllers. B) or you could try switching from ATA(4) to CAM(4) via the ATA_CAM kernel option (see ATA(4) for an explanation). since you're running pretty new hardware and a recent fbsd version you would defenately benefit from switching to CAM(4). it has much better ahci support e.g. simply add options ATA_CAM to your kernel conf and your good to go after building installing the new kernel. also the probelm might be in your BIOS. be sure to deactivate all ATA channels which don't have a device connected to them. otherwise fbsd will look for one until the timeout gets hit (both in ATA(4) and CAM(4)). in fact you might want to check the bios before trying any of the steps A) or B), because this very likely seems to be the problem in your case. cheers. alex -- a13x ___ 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
