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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!

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Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
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