On Aug 9, 2013, at 12:58 , Frank Kardel <kar...@netbsd.org> wrote:
> Module Name: src
> Committed By: kardel
> Date: Fri Aug 9 19:58:44 UTC 2013
>
> Modified Files:
> src/sys/dev/scsipi: ch.c
>
> Log Message:
> bump command timeout to 5 minutes. several
> types of changers (Overland PowerLoader, Dell
> PowerVault) have been exceeding the 100 sec
> limit aborting a perfectly (slowly) progressing
> operation.
I think the kernel should uprintf(9) a notice to the effect that it has
exceeded some (sooner than the 5 minute timeout) threshold and that it's really
waiting for the device. Five minutes is a very long time for a timeout
involving nominally local I/O devices. Without some progress indicator, users
are likely to begin beating the system up (power cycle, etc) absent some
persuasion to be patient.
Erik <f...@netbsd.org>
