On Monday 26 December 2011 23:26:41 Momchil Ivanov wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently experiencing some problems with USB. I have a SATA hdd > connected to my computer with a USB adapter. When using rtorrent on a good > connection with 2-3 MB/s after a minute or two all file system operations > on the USB hdd get stalled from time to time for several seconds. Finally > after 3-4 minutes all operations get stalled and when I unplug the drive > most of the time my computer reboots. I am using FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: > Sat Oct 22 16:07:57 CEST 2011. I am not experiencing this problems when > not having rtorrent on: watching a movie, compiling ports ... etc. The > stall seems also to occur when rtorrent is checking the hashes. Btw I have > tried the same with a USB flash drive and am experiencing the same kind of > stall when doing rtorrent. > > Since I don't seem to have had the same kind of problems 1 or 2 years ago > with FreeBSD 8.x and the same drive with the same adapter, I would guess > that some regression has been introduced or my hardware does not work > properly any more. > > Moreover I need to connect the drive to my laptop before powering up the > FreeBSD otherwise it sees sometimes only a USB device with no drive > attached to it and "camcontrol rescan all" gets stalled until I unplug the > drive. I am not experiencing this particular problem when connecting the > drive via a USB hub to my laptop. > > Does somebody have a solution for one of the above? > > Please CC me since I am not subscribed.
Have you tried to use the no-synchronize cache quirk for your drive? Are you using 8-stable? --HPS _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
