Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:15:28 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> Cc: Tim Welch <freebsd-stable@thepentagon.org> Subject: Re: DMA errors with SATA on 5.x [one fix]/ SATA DVD+RW Message-ID: <41B8B260.4080908@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <41B8B027.1050101@pythonemproject.com> References: <55368.65.7.255.129.1102402914.squirrel@65.7.255.129> <p0620075ebddd86599603@[128.113.24.47]> <41B7FF9B.4050700@DeepCore.dk> <41B8B027.1050101@pythonemproject.com>
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Rob wrote: > Hi guys, >=20 > This is the first post I have seen on stable about SATA. (ok, maybe I'= m=20 > not subscribed to the right lists) Anyway I bought a brand new=20 > beautiful Plextor DVD+RW SATA drive (PX712SA) for use on my AMD64+3800 = > machine. Win XP64-beta won't recognize it, and neither will FreeBSD=20 > 5.3-RELEASE, AMD64. I am wondering what I am doing wrong? If you are = > willing to help just email me and I can send dmesg and/or kernel config= =20 > file to you and keep it off the list. I am using the socket 939 chip o= n=20 > an Abit AV8 mobo. Only one of the two SATA channels is used. I have= =20 > two SCSI 160 drives, one for Windoze and one for FBSD. So the only=20 > thing normal IDE is used for is the floppy drive. SATA ATAPI devices are not supported yet. There are a few gotcha's though. Not all SATA controllers does support=20 SATA ATAPI even if out driver would, so its a mixed blessing for now. Anyhow, as soon as I can get my hands on a SATA ATAPI device, be certain = that I'll get support in there, for those controllers that support it=20 that is. However SATA ATAPI devices are still extremely rare, at least=20 in this part of the woods... --=20 -S=F8ren
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