Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:36:24 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: karl@Denninger.Net (Karl Denninger), tom@uniserve.com, dnelson@emsphone.com, bright@hotjobs.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long IDE probes? Message-ID: <199810010236.TAA05209@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 02:19:53 -0000." <199810010219.TAA20771@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > 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
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