Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 14:26:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan O'Brien <dmobrien_2001@yahoo.com> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD-Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, Eric Chet <ejc@bazzle.com> Subject: Re: ATA CDROM Problems 4.6 (and 4.6.1) Message-ID: <20020727212652.20988.qmail@web9904.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020727200620.17996.qmail@web9904.mail.yahoo.com>
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--- Dan O'Brien <dmobrien_2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > If memory serves me right, "Dan O'Brien" wrote: > > > I just upgraded from 4.5 (off the CD Release) to 4.6 (off the CD > > > release) and yadda yadda yadda ATA CDROM fails per the Errata > (big > > read > > > timeout, etc). > > > > If you feel like patching your 4.6 kernel, try a patch posted by > Ian > > Dowse...it can be found in the mailing list archives by looking for > > the > > following message ID: > > > > Message-id: <200207261528.aa62716@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> > > This patch? > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1328863+1332076+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-stable/20020714.freebsd-stable > > I'll give'r a go and report back. This patch deletes an splx() and adds two others in dev/ata/atapi-all.c The patch would not "apply" so I editted the file by hand. The patch is NG. Reading large file from ata cdrom fails with the read big time out still. I noticed this posting: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=529995+538169+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-stable/20020721.freebsd-stable where the user has applied all the recommended patches and still has the problem. Further, this was an interesting read: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1030549+1038838+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-stable/20020623.freebsd-stable that discusses "Why FreeBSD" and why 4.6 was released with the ATA bugs. I've been a FreeBSD user a long time, and would chase current, but I don't have that much free time. But I do want to continue using FreeBSD and keep up to date with a stable system, thus I've been applying only the CDROM releases since about 4.2. (4.5 was very nice with USB support -- about keeps up with Linux as a desk top system.) Then I apply 4.6 and WHAM, broken system. I've very dismayed. I still have the 4.5 sources and may just build world back to it. I know developers want to make improvements and experiment with new and better, but to ship a system with broken hardware support -- and no fixes yet -- is unfortunate. To quote the author in the above posting: "FreeBSD is an extremely stable, well performing, well tested, server OS that runs reliably on comparatively inexpensive hardware". What happened? I'm still willing to test any suggested software fixes. Cheers, ===== Dan O'Brien, dmobrien_2001@yahoo.com Cell: 614-783-4859 Work: 614-476-8473 Home: 740-927-2178 Pataskala, OH USA '02 Suzuki DL1000 #00082 Grey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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