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Date:      Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:19:40 +0100 (CET)
From:      Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
To:        havoc@Cal30B054.student.utwente.nl (Theo van Klaveren)
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems with the ATA-driver
Message-ID:  <199912211619.RAA06331@freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912211549390.32078-100000@Cal30B054.student.utwente.nl> from Theo van Klaveren at "Dec 21, 1999 03:50:57 pm"

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It seems Theo van Klaveren wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Soren Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > > Harddisks: Western Digital Caviar (2.0 GB), non-DMA and
> > >            Western Digital Caviar (2.5 GB), DMA-33.
> > > Mainboard: Asus P5A-B Super7
> > > Chipset: ALi Aladdin V AGPset
> > 
> > It probably because I relaxed the requirements for doing WDMA on disks
> > that doesn't bother to tell whihc verson of the ATA spec they conform to.
> > I think your case is the more seldom one, but I'm this close to
> > blacklisting all WD/Maxtor drives, that would make life alot easier...
>  
> Hmmm... what exactly does the 'blacklisting all WD/Maxtor drives' mean?
> That I can't use the ATA driver, or that the timeout for these drives
> is increased?

It means they will not do DMA without user intervention...

-Søren


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