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Date:      Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/39202: ata(4) refer to sysctl(8) instead of atacontrol(8).
Message-ID:  <200206150430.g5F4U4Z36465@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/39202; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net>
To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, sos@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/39202: ata(4) refer to sysctl(8) instead of atacontrol(8).
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 06:25:25 +0200

 On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 01:47:55AM +0100, David Malone wrote:
 > -.Pp
 > -To see the devices' current access modes, use the command line:
 > -.Pp
 > -.Dl sysctl hw.atamodes
 > -.Pp
 > -which results in the modes of the devices being displayed as a string
 > -like this:
 > -.Pp
 > -.Dl hw.atamodes: dma,pio,---,pio,dma,---,dma,---,   (--- = no device)
 > -.Pp
 > -This means that ata0-master is in DMA mode,
 > -ata0-slave is in PIO mode,
 > -and so forth.
 > -You can set the mode with sysctl and a string like the above,
 > -for example:
 > -.Pp
 > -.Dl sysctl hw.atamodes=pio,pio,---,dma,pio,---,dma,---,
 > -.Pp
 > -The new modes are set as soon as the sysctl command returns.
 >  .Sh FILES
 >  .Bl -tag -width "/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC " -compact
 >  .It Pa /dev/ad*
 
 why do you get rid of this sample section, that I've translated to
 atacontrol(8) equivalents, which may help many people having troubles
 w/ ATA modes ?
 
 an alternative would be to move it to a true EXAMPLES section in
 atacontrol(8) ?
 
 Cyrille.
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 Cyrille Lefevre                 mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net

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