Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 21:22:53 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: garman@phs.k12.ar.us Cc: tom@sdf.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMD640b ide controller bug workarounds? Message-ID: <199701260222.VAA14109@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970125194448.garman@jason.garman.net> from "Jason Garman" at Jan 25, 97 07:44:48 pm
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> Tom Samplonius writes: > > Considering that a perfectly good, brand new EIDE controller with > > primary and secondary, and dual 16550 UARTs, and printer for $50, why > > bother? > > > A few reasons: > > 1. I'd rather not waste a slot on a card I don't need. I hardly have > enough free as it is. > 2. I'd rather not waste $50 on something that's already on my > motherboard. > > I realize that this is a hardware flaw, but the computer manufacturer is > completely unresponsive to any requests (besides this machine is not > under warranty any more anyhow. If anyone has any suggestions as to how > to deal with the manufacturer, I'd love to hear those too) > I can 'fix' the problem but am overloaded with work this weekend. We haven't encountered this problem very often, and any solution to the problem is a bit of a 'wart.' If you are willing to wait for approx 1-2wks, I might be able to hack the wd driver. (In fact, it might be a good kernel initiation project for YOU :-)). John dyson@freebsd.org
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