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Date:      Mon, 17 Jun 2002 23:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Soeren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/39449: wierd ata status
Message-ID:  <200206180640.g5I6e3742089@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/39449; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Soeren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
To: j_guojun@lbl.gov
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/39449: wierd ata status
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:37:06 +0200 (CEST)

 It seems Jin Guojun wrote:
 > 
 > IDE controller 1 has been disabled at both BIOS and kernel configuration,
 > and kernel config says:
 > 	config> di ata1
 > 	No such device: ata1
 
 You cant disable PCI devices here, only ISA devices..
 
 > but ata1 still shows up during the boot.
 > What is the real story -- is ata1 really configured or not?
 
 It is configured if the HW is present, which it almost always will
 be on most modern systems. This is needed for the hotswap functionality,
 as you need access to the controller to be able to attach a new device.
 
 -Søren

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