Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 02:42:45 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Still problems with latest ATA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001300212310.50560-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200001301007.LAA46338@freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Soren Schmidt wrote: > > Trying to play a track gives: > > > > acd0: PLAY_BIG - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=21 ascq=00 error=04 > > I'll bet this drive doesn't support PLAY_BIG but only PLAY_MSF. > The problem here is that PLAY_MSF's parameters are either in > binary or in BCD, but you dont know which one to use, as this > is screwed in more drives than those missing PLAY_BIG. This drive worked fine under wcd. It would be kind of disconcerting to be told that my CD is no longer supported and I have to buy a new one. > > One of my WDC's still falls back to PIO mode at boot time (see previous > > messages, nothing has changed). > > Its not able to do DMA then, besides cluttering up the console with > the retries, it does work afterwards right ? It works fine afterwards, but according to http://www.westerndigital.com/products/drives/specs/oldspecs/AC26400.html it is certainly DMA-capable. It *does* say, interestingly, that older versions cannot do Ultra ATA 66 (I purchased this as an Ultra ATA 66 drive, but..). I'll see what the diagnostic utility has to say about it. > Send me one, there are a few changed items, I'll see what can be done... Will do tomorrow.. Kris ---- "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?" "Eight!" "That was a rhetorical question!" "Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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