From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 10:31:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32EE637B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net (stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1EA843FAF for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:31:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from user-38lc0tv.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.3.191] helo=mindspring.com) by stork.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Nya0-0000vc-00; Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:31:46 -0700 Message-ID: <3EDF7A7F.24480C7B@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:14:39 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Leidinger References: <20030605161425.71dec07a.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030605171451.4140656b.Alexander@Leidinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a40aad56896df47bc2c540e9a2cd3c1d7f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA ACPI power management controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:31:52 -0000 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > Be aware that if your machine is a "B" (82C686B), then you have > > It is. > > > the buggy version of the chip; you need to eiter not use the > > second IDE channel for anything, or you need a BIOS update, or > > Not using the second IDE channel: not an option. Additional PCI IDE controller... > BIOS update: how do I know if the latest BIOS for the port has the > appropriate fix? I don't think the support people know enough to answer > such a question. They had better, or you had better find a different vendor. > Reading German is not a problem for me. But there are a lot of German > webpages out there... which one? But this doesn't matter at the moment, > there isn't a driver... Here's the German page: http://www.hardtecs4u.com/reviews/2001/ep8kta3-mod/index12.php Basically: o Disable PCI master read caching o Lower PCI latency to "0-32" o Disable PCI delay transaction Yes, it's ugly on your PCI throughput; you are better off adding an IDE interface on a PCI card, IMO. -- Terry