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Date:      Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:41:18 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Apple ATA DMA problems with ATAPI
Message-ID:  <8B9483E9-D6D4-441E-9202-31FA34F5DA98@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090322180638.GA3708@narn.knownspace>
References:  <20090322180638.GA3708@narn.knownspace>

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On Mar 22, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote:

> Well, it seems I was bitten by the ATA DMA problems from a few  
> months back.

Try disabling DMA for atapi in /boot/loader.conf and enable
it in /etc/sysctl.conf. For some reason, on my Mac Mini at
least, it helps to first program PIO and then program *DMA.

YMMV,

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com






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