Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:56:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: sos@FreeBSD.org To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: e8917523@linf.unb.br, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE and DMA Message-ID: <199609120656.IAA04005@ra.dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199609120503.WAA06174@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Sep 11, 96 10:03:52 pm
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In reply to Terry Lambert who wrote:
>
> > > DMA mode isn't supported AFAIK.
> > >
> > > I think the problem is still that it is impossible to reliably detect
> > > support for the mode without crashing older (WD1007, etc.?) hardware.
> >
> > option??? Not meant as a criticism, nor as a request. I would like to
> > know how easy/difficult it would be to add this as an "option" in the
> > config, and what would be the problems in doing this.
>
> It would take pleading with Soren; he already said he could be talked
> into it. As an option-not-enabled-by-default, it's unobtrusive.
Erhm, did I say that ? :), well I allso said that our ide/atapi
code should be rewritten, so it is more modular, and has the
provisions for handling this proberly. I'd really hate this
put into the existing code as just another ugly hack.
What we need is not the occasional hack, we need a person
(or team) that takes on RESPONSIBILITY for that particualr
piece of code, and I have plenty on my platter allready ....
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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