Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:30:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ad0 drivers revisited Message-ID: <20000523023043.EMST22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221916240.350-100000@discover.siteplus.net>
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On 22-May-00 Jim Weeks wrote: > > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Peter Radcliffe wrote: >> >> Define "it doesn't work" ? > > ad0: 4884MB <Maxtor 85120A8> [10585/15/63] at ata0-master using BIOSDMA > ata1-slave: simplex device, DMA on primary only > acd0: CDROM <FX400D> at ata1-slave using BIOSPIO > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > ad0: READ command timeout - resetting > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=eb e=eb > ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode > ata0: resetting devices .. done > >> >> It doesn't switch to pio mode or doesn't stop timeouts ? > > There is no change in the timeouts with or without adding the line to > rc. At least it does eventually fall back to PIO. I understand from some > of the posts that not every case is so. > >> If there was a fix known, for it to be scheduled, it would probably >> already be in the tree. > > I was actually hoping that someone with a fix in the works would > respond ;-) Hrm, you might want to ask sos@FreeBSD.org. There might be a way to set the variable in the loader?? (which would fix your problem) > I do appreciate your response though. My late Father always said that two > heads were better than one, even if one is a punkin head. Of course that > one would be mine ;_) > > Jim Weeks > -------- A mind is a terrible thing to lose! How I miss mine.. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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