Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 20:47:46 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: psd@worldaccess.nl (Paul Dekkers) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow CD-Player detection? Message-ID: <199708161847.UAA01640@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970816170341.563C-100000@gromit.nev.ml.org> from Paul Dekkers at "Aug 16, 97 05:03:56 pm"
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> Hi > > I have a Philips PCA21CR atapi-cd-player. Once detected it works well. But > the detection at boot-time costs a little. > As recommended before by the freebsd-list I removed other types of > cd-players in my setup, but it still a little slow, look: > > wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <ST3491A-XR> > wd1: 408MB (836070 sectors), 899 cyls, 15 heads, 62 S/T, 512 B/S > > <wait for 10 sec's> > > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > > <wait for 30 sec's> > > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <PHILIPS PCA21CR/A2.0>, removable, iordy > wcd0: 344Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 256 volume levels, ejectable tray > wcd0: 120mm data disc loaded, unlocked, lock protected The long waits might be caused by probing for nonexisting HDs, i. e. wd0, (on wdc0), wd2 and wd3 (on wdc1). So you might be better off if you customize your kernel and uncomment the superfluous wd?-statements thus avoiding the probes. > > So I have to wait twice for a "pretty long time" (when speaking of > booting). The player works, so there's nothing wrong with that, but why > that stupid delay? > > I just have the usual fd- and wdc-'controllers' with the 'disks' for it, > and the options 'ATAPI, ATAPI_STATIC' and device wcd0... > Do I have to disable the disks for my secondary controller on which my > cd-player is on...? Yes! > > Strage, is this because the ATAPI-support is still beta? No. In FreeBSD-2.2.x ATAPI works pretty well. Wolfgang > > Paul > > >
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