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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2000 16:27:22 +0400
From:      Grigoriy Strokin <grg@philol.msu.ru>
To:        Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ad0 drivers revisited
Message-ID:  <20000523162722.A97474@isabase.philol.msu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221916240.350-100000@discover.siteplus.net>; from jim@siteplus.net on Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:26:50PM -0400
References:  <20000522182937.C9843@pir.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221916240.350-100000@discover.siteplus.net>

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On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 07:26:50PM -0400, 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
In my case, I see the message 'dma,dma -> pio,pio'
at this point. Maybe try /sbin/sysctl instead
of just sysctl?


> 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 ;-)
> 
> 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..
> 
> 
> 
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