From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 26 00:24:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA26435 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 00:24:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from csd.cs.technion.ac.il (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA26424 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 00:24:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (nadav@localhost) by csd.cs.technion.ac.il (8.6.11/8.6.10) with SMTP id KAA29628; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:19:55 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: csd.cs.technion.ac.il: nadav owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:19:55 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: Terry Lambert cc: Tom Samplonius , 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? And another reason: I (for one) have a machine with a built-in CMD640 and no free PCI slots... > > > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > Nadav