Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:41:33 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de> To: Soeren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA tags bug fix committed to -releng4 Message-ID: <20020619134133.GA12728@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <200206191319.g5JDJBjJ044345@freebsd.dk> References: <m3it4fe7fd.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <200206191319.g5JDJBjJ044345@freebsd.dk>
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--+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Matthias Andree wrote: > > Soeren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> writes: > >=20 > > > I've just committed a fix for the tags problem, so please those=20 > > > that had this problem, test it out and let me know... > >=20 > > hw.ata.tags=3D"1" now works for me and my IBM-DTLA 307045. > >=20 > > To give it a try, I hacked ata-disk.c to allow tagged queueing on my WDC > > AC420440D (it's said to be a IBM DJNA clone), it would write "TAGGED" on > > scanning and would work to some extent but then give me strange crashes > > later that the system would not really recover from, I presume it is > > reading bogus data sometimes. >=20 > Hmm, the IBM DJNA series is broken tags wise, it "forgets" an outstanding > request from time to time. My AC29100D that is a clone of the DJNA > doesn't work as well.. One should think that IBM is shipping firmware updates then... Should I bother to bug WDC about a new firmware for the AC420400D or will they tell me to get lost and buy a current drive? Can this condition "forgot a request" be detected and worked around somehow? > However I seem to be able to make tags work on the older IBM DTTA > series of drives, according to IBM tags should work if transfers > are kept under 64k... Hum. I presume it would not help my 486 with an UMC chip set... (which uses "BIOSPIO", not some DMA mode) Thanks, --=20 Matthias Andree --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9EIoNFmbjPHp/pcMRAstIAJ4kKdHg1uTle3gJHOKt+mroYBAIqACfeL4C DMCPibAaZoREDWd5FOBbM7Y= =Pchl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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