From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 17:43:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D31616A41F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:43:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from mazo.miralink.com (67.105.142.88.ptr.us.xo.net [67.105.142.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD43F43D64 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:43:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from [10.0.0.157] (unknown [10.0.0.157]) by mazo.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 630E936B33; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:43:49 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Bruno To: Daniel O'Connor In-Reply-To: <200511230037.04218.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <1132629660.4202.3.camel@home-desk> <200511221449.16139.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <1132638281.5202.3.camel@home-desk> <200511230037.04218.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:43:49 -0800 Message-Id: <1132681429.12577.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA 8237 under FreeBSD 4.11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:43:50 -0000 On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 00:36 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:14, Sean Bruno wrote: > > > Or you could try staying with PATA drives, but it's a losing battle - you > > > will be hard pressed to find a new PC for which the devices are properly > > > supported. (eg stuff like onboard ethernet) > > > > /me groans...patches eh? > > > > I'm not a BSD guy by trade...Could you tell me who Doug B is? and point > > me to the "patches" ... I want to at least see if my application(which > > is seriously I/O bound) can be assisted by increasing the speed of the > > drive's access. SCSI is just too expensive for the stuff I want to do. > > WHoops it was Doug Ambrisko, not Doug Barton. > > Look here http://www.ambrisko.com/doug/ata/ > > I'm pretty sure those patches are for 4.x.. > > > P.S. But, if all else fails, FreeBSD 6 looks like the direction I need > > to go anyway. > > Looks like this does work, on the ICH5 ... The patch doesn't address the VIA 8237, so surprise! it doesn't change the speed of the drives... :( But, the 8237 works nicely under FreeBSD 6, so if we are going to move, we may re-consider it then. Sean