From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 23:36:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 616E416A418 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.farley.org (farley.org [67.64.95.201]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16EAA13C4A5 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from thor.farley.org (thor.farley.org [192.168.1.5]) by mail.farley.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9ONLRKJ030694; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:21:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:21:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Sean Farley To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-Reply-To: <471FC99B.1030704@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <471FC99B.1030704@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on mail.farley.org Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 DVD drive access in AHCI/SATA mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:36:42 -0000 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: 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