From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 25 14:43:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA21413 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:43:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA21408 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:43:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.33] by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.59 #1) id 0vo94G-0002P4-00; Sat, 25 Jan 1997 06:26:52 -0800 Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 06:26:52 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: Terry Lambert cc: garman@phs.k12.ar.us, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMD640b ide controller bug workarounds? In-Reply-To: <199701252030.NAA00669@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > L*nux has an option `hda=serialize' to do this. Is there any chance > > > FreeBSD could have an CMD640B_SUCKS_ROCKS_SERIALIZE_REQUESTS option in the > > > kernel config file? > > > > Considering that a perfectly good, brand new EIDE controller with > > primary and secondary, and dual 16550 UARTs, and printer for $50, why > > bother? > > So that FreeBSD will run on hardware as it comes from the manufacturer > so that people who want to run FreeBSD can be pure computer users > instead of a combination of computer user, petty cash drawer, and > hardware hacker? You're dreaming. As long as hw manufactures make crap, computer usage will never be "pure". Even the Linux solution requires the user to diagnose the problem as hw, and add the "hda=serialize" option. > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > Tom