Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:07:40 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: terry@lambert.org, garman@phs.k12.ar.us, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMD640b ide controller bug workarounds? Message-ID: <199701261907.MAA02101@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970125061330.5304A-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Jan 25, 97 06:26:52 am
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> > So that FreeBSD will run on hardware as it comes from the manufacturer > > so that people who want to run FreeBSD can be pure computer users > > instead of a combination of computer user, petty cash drawer, and > > hardware hacker? > > You're dreaming. As long as hw manufactures make crap, computer usage > will never be "pure". Even the Linux solution requires the user to > diagnose the problem as hw, and add the "hda=serialize" option. It's possible to diagnose the chipset and automatically invoke the workaround. Linux has fallen down. See the test program on www.intel.com for the controller bug. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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