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Date:      Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:47:22 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk>
To:        Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        nakaji@jp.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: UPDATE: ATA mkIII first official patches - please test!
Message-ID:  <420E331A.3070205@DeepCore.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20050212.230519.59685762.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <420A1792.900@DeepCore.dk>	<86vf8y0x9r.fsf@xa12.heimat.gr.jp> <20050212.230519.59685762.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org>

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Takahashi Yoshihiro wrote:

> ATA-mkIII has three big problems.

I'd call it minor issues on PC98 :)

> 1. It seems that CHS mode is broken.

Only in the case of "virtual geometry" as used by PC98 only.
The problem is that the the real not virtual geometry is used for the=20
tranlation from LBA to CHS.

> 2. A geometry translation for pc98 is NOT enough.
>=20
>    Currently, it works only under 4.3GB disk.

Same a 1.

> 3. Modules for pc98 are broken.

No, they are not done yet :)

I've fixed the CHS issue locally its contained in the next snapshot...

--=20

-S=F8ren




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