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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:06:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ide_pci.c 
Message-ID:  <199812141106.DAA00405@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Dec 1998 20:42:42 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812092038430.1031-100000@culverk.student.umd.edu> 

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> I just thought that someone in here should know this: I have a generic
> dual PCI IDE controller. It can support up to 4 devices. I have 2 hard
> drives on the first controller, and an ATAPI cdrom drive on the second.
> The problem is that when it boots, it says that the controller is simplex,
> and that there is no dma on the secondary channel, and then when it gets
> down to the ISA configuration, it won't find anything on the second
> controller. The only way I could fix it is to go to
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/files.i386 and delete the line that specifies
> ide_pci.c
> 
> That solved the problem, and I can now use my CD-ROM drive, but I thought
> that you guys should know about the problem. Thanks.

I'm sorry if I missed it, but I don't recall hearing from you what the 
chipset on your IDE controller was; we kinda need this to fix the 
problem "properly".

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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