From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 10 16:46:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C641B16A419 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from galain.elvandar.org (redqueen.elvandar.org [217.148.169.55]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790F013C4A7 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from evilcoder.xs4all.nl ([195.64.94.120] helo=elvandar.local) by galain.elvandar.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IfehF-000EGw-Sr; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:46:09 +0200 Message-ID: <470D0214.9020508@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:47:16 +0200 From: Remko Lodder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Butcher References: <20071009120010.833FE16A4D2@hub.freebsd.org> <470C6000.60902@fusiongol.com> In-Reply-To: <470C6000.60902@fusiongol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE compact flash reader FAILURE message X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:46:11 -0000 Nathan Butcher wrote: > This is not a big issue in CURRENT, or is even much of a priority I > feel, but I thought I'd ask about it anyway. > > I have a compact flash reader inserted into the IDE port on my > motherboard. It can host two compact flash cards. Currently I have an > 8GB 133x compact flash and an 8GB 266x compact flash (both Transcend) in > the slots. > > What I find interesting is that the 8GB 266x compact flash appears in > dmesg as such:- > > ad5: FAILURE - SET_MULTI status=51 error=4 > ad5: 7775MB at ata2-slave UDMA66 > > It seems like I can write to it anyway, but I haven't tried yet. > What's the reason for the FAILURE? I assume it has something to do with > the faster write speed on the card. > > _______________________________________________ Afair it's a ATA command to set some specific variables, since your flash drives are not ATA drives, they appear to not support it [which sounds correct]. Cheers remko -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org /* Quis custodiet ipsos custodes */