From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 3 0:32:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98FD837B4F9 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 00:32:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JW3KCIO1WW000WRP@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:32:13 +0100 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:32:12 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:32:11 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: Broken PCI-IDE RZ1000 & ata To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D799F@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear All, > > > > Well, that chip is so broken by design, no software workaround > > > can help its misery, a hardware fix exists, but cant (easily) be > > > > As Volker notes; Linux can work round it. So can OS/2. I > > don't know the details, but there ARE modes where it works. > > Nope, there are not, even the manufacturer agrees to that.... > As much as I like ... err ... technical discussion, perhaps it's time that either side came up with something solid. "Linux can" and "Manufacturer agrees" are not solid, IMHO. The Linux code states that the workaround is perfect in what source file? The manufacturer agrees in what e-mail/article/knowledge base? Kees Jan PS. I'm glad I don't have that particular chip in my box. :-) ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message