Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:01:56 +0100 From: "Jamie Heckford" <jamie@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk> To: "Matthias Andree" <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release Message-ID: <079f01c216b7$8fa69340$4464a8c0@JAMIEHECKFORD> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020617112839.030a9ff8@popmail.ct.lodgenet.com><20020617204825.GC25616@leviathan.inethouston.net> <m3znxs7t31.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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I jumped back to 4.5 earlier, installing 4.6-R with 120GB IDE drives (1x 40GB, 3x 120GB) and the system wouldn't boot. Came up with a page fault and fatal trap 12, i'll try grab some output and repost. Thanks, Jamie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthias Andree" <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:57 AM Subject: Re: ATA Atapi 4.6 Release > "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> writes: > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:38:01AM -0500, John Prince 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.. > > > > Why didn't you express these concerns for the past few months? > > There have been several reports of ATA and ATAPI brokenness after the > MFC. > > After I brought the TCQ brokenness up again at 4.6-RC time, Søren fixed > the boot panic I experienced, and in late May he wrote he could > reproduce the other known TCQ-timeout-and-fall-back-to-PIO problem, but > I've never seen anything since. But what is bringing up a known problem > again of help? Do you want people to scream their problem list every > week? The PRs are there, and are open, so you cannot say these concerns > had not been expressed. They have indeed. > > And I agree with those who say that 4.6 should NOT have been released > with ATA(PI) in /this/ shape. > > I have been told (on this list) by the RE team that the MFC cannot be > backed out and that 5.0DP2 is close, and I understand they want to keep > the schedule as good as possible, but all these objections do not help > the regression or displeasing users. And the latter is a Bad Thing®. > > -- > Matthias Andree > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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