From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 17:14:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1853F16A4BF for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca (avscan2.sentex.ca [199.212.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B49043F3F for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:14:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by avscan2.sentex.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D875A1E9; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:14:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from avscan2.sentex.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (avscan2.sentex.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id 65984-05; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:14:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by avscan2.sentex.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD78B5A12E; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:14:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8O0EIdK054239; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:14:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20030923201347.02c8a6b0@209.112.4.2> X-Sender: mdtpop@209.112.4.2 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:17:44 -0400 To: "J.A. Terranson" From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.0.22.0.20030923195126.08f946b8@209.112.4.2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by Sentex Communications (avscan2/20030314p2) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WD drivers: Gone completely in 5.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:14:22 -0000 Sounds like you are out of luck. Perhaps the other OSes that work for you is the way to go. ---Mike At 08:00 PM 23/09/2003, J.A. Terranson wrote: >On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > What hardware do you have that does not work with the ata drivers ? > >Mike, I don't want to get into a flame war here, as I've already been through >this when the ATA drivers were first released: no matter what hardware I've >used them with, I've had issues. The oldest I can understand, but I gave it >another go two weeks ago with modern, brand new hardware (a new SiS based >Asus that was on the HCL when I bought it, and a Maxtor 40g IDE) and had the >same results. The 4.8 was rebuilt last night with WD drivers, and the 5.1 >was *supposed* to be rebuilt tonight, thus my email. The ATA drivers are >buggy has hell, regardless of all the screaming I've heard to the >contrary: timeouts, with or without DMA disabled, hard write errors, etc. I >just can't do it - especially since I am constantly told the drivers are >good, and my hardware is bad: if I take the setup that dies under ATA and >load either WD or *any other OS*, they work flawlessly. > >I am a FBSD shop, have been since 2.2.5R, but I cannot use the ATA drivers - >I need something reliable (speed is irrelevant if it doesn't work). > >Hrmmm.... I wasn't meaning to rant on you. I just looked up and there it was >:-( Sorry... Frustration. > > > > > ---Mike > >//Alif > > > > > At 07:40 PM 23/09/2003, J.A. Terranson wrote: > > > > >Yes, I know they are obsolete. Nevertheless, they have their place, and I > > >have no been able to get a config to run against a wd specifying > conf-file. > > > > > >Are they truly gone, or is there a magic chicken I can wave over the > configs > > >to make them work yet again? > > > > > >I am not subbed to the list, so please reply directly as well as to > the list. > > > > > >Thanks!!! > > > > > >-- > > >Yours, > > >J.A. Terranson > > >sysadmin@mfn.org > > > > > > "Every living thing dies alone." > > > Donnie Darko > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >-- >Yours, >J.A. Terranson >sysadmin@mfn.org > > "Every living thing dies alone." > Donnie Darko