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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2000 11:20:38 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        Grigoriy Strokin <grg@philol.msu.ru>, Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ad0 drivers revisited
Message-ID:  <392C1D76.45133616@3-cities.com>
References:  <200005241345.e4ODjqG21909@cwsys.cwsent.com>

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Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> 
> In message <392AFEA3.46FDBDAD@3-cities.com>, Kent Stewart writes:
> >
> >
> > Grigoriy Strokin wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > Have you all done a "man sysctl.conf"
> 
> Actually, have you?  Read it and see why it will probably not help here.

I actually did. It seems like everyone was trying to add the
equivalent of 

sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,---,dma,pio,---,dma,---,

and adding 

hw.atamodes=pio,pio,---,dma,pio,---,dma,---,

to /etc/sysctl.conf

was its purpose in life or is it add to late in the process.

Kent


> 
> >
> > Kent
> >
> > >
> > > > 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 som
> > e
> > > > 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 tw
> > o
> > > > 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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> > >
> > > --
> > > === Grigoriy Strokin, Lomonosov University (MGU), Moscow ===
> > > === contact info: http://isabase.philol.msu.ru/~grg/     ===
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > Kent Stewart
> > Richland, WA
> >
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> >
> >
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> Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
> Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
> Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
> Province of BC

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