Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:19:12 -0500 (CDT) From: John Prince <johnp@knight-trosoft.com> To: DougB@FreeBSD.ORG, dwcjr@inethouston.net Cc: johnp@lodgenet.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release Message-ID: <200206180019.g5I0JCn30488@mail.knight-trosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20020617163503.P4504-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com>
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Hello Doug. Thanks for the reply.. We will test again, however last test, dma mode did nothing. (set via atacontrol mode ..) Thanks. --john > From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 17 18:39:45 2002 > Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:38:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG> > To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> > Cc: John Prince <johnp@lodgenet.com>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:38:01AM -0500, John Prince wrote: > > > I have to say, I am a bit disappointed in the 4.6 release, as well as the > > > way problems have been identified, and swept under the carpet.. > > > > Why didn't you express these concerns for the past few months? > > Numerous users have expressed these exact concerns over the last > few months. When I brought my concerns to Soren's attention, I was given > the same answer you gave. However, new functionality doesn't help users > with hardware that used to work but now doesn't. > > I think that both of you have identified part of the problem, but > you're only focusing on the parts you care about, which is why you're > talking past each other. On the one hand, we have a clearly defined > problem; namely that certain fast CD-ROM's don't work with the new ATA > code. On the other, David's concern about finding all the problems before > trying to work on something that might not actually be the problem. > > So the question at this point is, does enabling dma mode fix the > problem with the big drives? > > -- > "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. > And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." > - George W. Bush, President of the United States > State of the Union, January 28, 2002 > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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