Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:21:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Sean Farley <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 DVD drive access in AHCI/SATA mode Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710241816560.39560@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <471FC99B.1030704@gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710241703380.39560@thor.farley.org> <471FC99B.1030704@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Sean Farley wrote: >> I have recently assembled a new system with a SATA DVD drive. >> Unfortunately, it seems to not be supported FreeBSD 7: >> >> ata7: <ATA channel 5> on atapci0 >> ata7: SATA ATAPI devices not supported yet >> ata7: [ITHREAD] > > This is (semi-) fixed in 8-Current (reports sata/300 as sata/150 on > actual storage devices) That would we be good enough for me. >> I am using software (BIOS) RAID on a P5K-E/WiFi (Intel P35 chipset) >> board. Sadly, the option to manually configure the DVD drive is only >> available when in IDE mode. > > P35's in general have some issues. For example I am still totally > unable to see my PATA drives if I have SATA drive(s) installed. I remember reading about that on various web sites, and that it effected various OS's. This is why I went with all SATA devices. >> In the interim, is it possible to force the drive to IDE (really >> UDMA) mode? I tried a few attempts at the kernel source to force it >> to UDMA33 at the point of the warning in ata-chipset.c, but these >> resulted in panics. > > I have an old 7 patch if you want it. Yes, I would. Thank you. Do you know if it will be MFC'd before release? I can see some frustration for people that try to install FreeBSD 7 from a SATA DVD drive. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org
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