Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 16:36:17 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com> To: "Serge V.Vakulenko" <vak@gw.cronyx.msk.su> Cc: simonm@dcs.gla.ac.uk, davidg@root.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beta version of IDE CD-ROM driver ready Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950706163459.27943E-100000@minnow.render.com> In-Reply-To: <AC89_-l0dK@gw.cronyx.msk.su>
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On Thu, 6 Jul 1995, Serge V.Vakulenko wrote: > > I tried out this driver, but it doesn't seem to work for drives on the > > second controller (wdc1). Firstly, the controller isn't recognised by > > wdprobe because the reset times out (presumably because there are no > > hard disks on this controller). So I hacked around this and made some > > more mods to get the drive probed & attached correctly, but any open > > operations on the device just hang. > > Hmm... I did not try the second controller yet... > > Probably, you have a drive which does not interrupt before > gettin a packet command. The driver of version 1.0 does not handle > this properly. I am getting this behaviour on wcd0 (I don't have any IDE disks at all). Is there a quick hack I can use to get past the probe? > > Yesterday I got a copy of ATAPI specs, and next week I plan make > a new, much enhanced version of the driver. I look forward to it! -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 FAX: +44 171 251 0939
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