From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 18:08:50 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 BABAB16A4B3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:08:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.mfn.org (mx1.mfn.org [204.238.179.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B843243FE5 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:08:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from measl@mfn.org) Received: from [204.238.179.37] ([204.238.179.37]) by mx1.mfn.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h8O18mwt098030; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:08:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from measl@mfn.org) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:08:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "J.A. Terranson" To: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20030923201347.02c8a6b0@209.112.4.2> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 01:08:50 -0000 Just means that I am stuck at 4.8R from here on in. So are a lot of other people... On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > 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 > > -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org "Every living thing dies alone." Donnie Darko