Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:53:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: Theo van Klaveren <havoc@Cal30B054.student.utwente.nl>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with the ATA-driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912210848170.5973-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199912211448.PAA82306@freebsd.dk>
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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... If you end up doing this, can you have the driver print a line letting people know this is intentional? i.e., ad0: DMA disabled: This drive does not properly support DMA mode. ad0: To force DMA for this drive (at your own risk) set flags 0xXX. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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