From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 26 01:22:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA28584 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:22:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA28579 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:22:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id KAA15968; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:22:08 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.4/8.6.9) id KAA27732; Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:20:27 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:20:27 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: garman@phs.k12.ar.us, tom@sdf.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CMD640b ide controller bug workarounds? References: <199701260222.VAA14109@dyson.iquest.net> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199701260222.VAA14109@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Jan 25, 1997 21:22:53 -0500 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As John S. Dyson wrote: > I can 'fix' the problem but am overloaded with work this weekend. We > haven't encountered this problem very often, and any solution to the > problem is a bit of a 'wart.' If you are willing to wait for approx > 1-2wks, I might be able to hack the wd driver. (In fact, it might > be a good kernel initiation project for YOU :-)). :-) If anybody starts it, please don't make it an option, but a controller flag. This way, it can be manipulated from boot -c. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)