Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:29:48 +1000 From: ianjp@optusnet.com.au To: "stable @ FreeBSD . ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release Message-ID: <200206180029.g5I0Tm629499@mail015.syd.optusnet.com.au>
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> John Prince <johnp@lodgenet.com> wrote: > > I have to say, I am a bit disappointed in the 4.6 release, as well > as the way problems have been identified, and swept under the > carpet.. > > It appears the ATA code was MFC, and does not perform as one > would expect.. > In simpler terms, it does not work correctly. > > Several people have reported having problems with ATAPI cdrom, > as well as problems with IDE drives and th3e ATA driver(s), since > March. I read a few threads indicating it was being looked into, > however it appears nothing was fixed. First up, apologies if this arrives in HTML (at work using webmail on pop account). On this subject, I have been having the READ_BIG problem with my CD-RW too but my main problem is with a Seagate Travan 5 TapeStor drive slaved on the same controller installed last week (running 4.6-RC). It refuses to exit operations, hanging in 'uninterruptible wait'. I have tested it in another machine with Win2k, FBSD 4.4 and 4.5 and the drive works OK with those OSes. Whether this is related to the CD/ATA problem or a problem with the machine, I don't know. What I would like is some newbie(ish)* help on extracting useful information about the problem (apart from dmesg and kernel config). I am happy to help FreeBSD if anyone is happy to help me learn how to contribute in a useful way. Ian * As in new to debugging kernel stuff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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