From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 7 14:36:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12303 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from micron.efn.org (d198-232.uoregon.edu [128.223.198.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA12294 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:36:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mini@localhost) by micron.efn.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA06026; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:36:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19970907143644.18865@micron.efn.org> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:36:44 -0700 From: Jonathan Mini To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: evil disk drives. Reply-To: Jonathan Mini Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76e X-files: The Truth is Out There. Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a hardcard in my crash machine that does not like having the "second unit" on it's IDE interface probed. When this happens, it puts the card in a messed state. As a result of this, it takes my machine a "little longer" to boot that would be expected. I was wondering if anybody would be interested in patches to allow the wdc code to not probe various units on thier system? I plan on writing a quick hack for myself, but if anybody shows interest, I would be willing to make a much nicer patch. (Or is there such an option in place that I have missed?) -- Jonathan Mini (j_mini@efn.org) Ingenious Productions Software Development P.O. Box 5693 Eugene, Or 97405