From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 30 19:32:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22512 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:32:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22506 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:31:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA05209; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:36:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810010236.TAA05209@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Terry Lambert cc: karl@Denninger.Net (Karl Denninger), tom@uniserve.com, dnelson@emsphone.com, bright@hotjobs.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long IDE probes? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 02:19:53 -0000." <199810010219.TAA20771@usr01.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:36:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Are the delay lengths reasonable? I don't know. Aren't there specs on > > this stuff from the IDE and SCSI camps? > > A better question: is there *ANYONE* out there that has a bootable > IDE or SCSI device that FreeBSD detects, but which the BIOS POST > display does not show as being present in the machine? The "bootable" qualifier is a non-issue. The correct question would be "does anyone have a device which is not ATA-3 compliant and/or takes some time to respond to a Software Reset command"? You were the WD1007 champion for a long time, Terry. Still carrying the flag? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message