Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:24:31 -0600 (CST) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org> To: sos@FreeBSD.dk Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fix for slow reacting ATAPI CD-ROM Message-ID: <199712022024.OAA10631@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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Sxren Schmidt wrote: > > Obviously, this drive isn't detected as a slow device (I > > can post the boot messages later if needed). What I wanted > > to do was to add a config flag for setting this, but it doesn't > > look like that is sent down to the atapi driver. > > > > > > Question: Can we change atapi_attach() to accept a 4th argument > > and use this to pass config flags from wdattach() in > > wd.c? Is there another method I should be using to > > handle atapi device quirks? > > Hmm, I think that atapi_attach should be educated on how to treat > this device, test for model make etc, and then set the slow bit... > This is the place to do quirks for atapi CDROM device. I like being able to explicitly set it to aid in new installations. It kinda sucks not being able to install from CD-ROM. Or perhaps this wait count should be set higher in FAILSAFE mode? Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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