From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 11 09:16:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA15474 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 09:16:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA15405 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 09:15:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA08850 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sun, 11 Feb 1996 20:13:47 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sun, 11 Feb 96 20:13:47 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by ache.dialup.ru (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA01136; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:49:47 +0300 (MSK) To: hackers@freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" References: <29434.824001055@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <29434.824001055@time.cdrom.com>; from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sat, 10 Feb 1996 17:10:55 -0800 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:49:46 +0300 (MSK) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.42 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: Manuel Bouyer: update of atapi driver Lines: 23 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <29434.824001055@time.cdrom.com> Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >I would like to campaign for adopting the NetBSD ATAPI driver and >throwing ours away. This doesn't come down to any technical >comparison between the two, simply the fact that NetBSD's driver >appears to be far more actively maintained. The 5 or 6 bug reports >and generate "status? help?" queries I've sent to Serge Vakulenko, > since 2.1 was released have gone completely >unanswered, and I can only conclude that he's abandoned it. I just try our current driver with DSC IDE CD: it shows garbadge on attach state for empty second unit and hangs completely on first atapi request (CD works fine under DOS). I'll like to try NetBSD driver and see how it can handle my CD. I think we can have two drivers at once for a while until NetBSD driver becomes true superset. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849