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Date:      Wed, 5 Apr 2000 05:36:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Eric D. Futch" <efutch@nyct.net>
To:        Edwin Mons <e.mons@spcgroup.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ata sad combinatorics
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004050528180.3565-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>
In-Reply-To: <38E9EFE2.7F62E91E@spcgroup.nl>

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Linux has it's "Black List" of ATA hard drivers that have brokem UDMA
support.  Someone, probably Soren, made some reference to it once on one
of the mailing lists.  It lists the drive make/model number and what PIO
mode to fall back to.  Atleast that's my understanding.. I don't play with
Linux nearly as much as FreeBSD :)  Maybe someone could make some useful
documentation on what to expect if your drive is listed.

See linux/drivers/block/ide_modes.h from the Linux Kernel sources or
http://quake.nyct.net/~efutch/ide_modes.h

The version of ide_modes.h I stuck on the web is from version 2.2.12
which is probably a little stale :)

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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Edwin Mons wrote:

>I've seen similar problems with a machine with an old VIA chipset. 
>FWIW: I think we need a way to tell the kernel before booting that it
>shouldn't even try to use DMA/UDMA.  Something like the good old device
>flags..
>
>Regards,
>Edwin Mons



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