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Date:      Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:19:14 +1030 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Herbert <h.j.s@gmx.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Epox 8KTA2
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010116141914.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20010116005820.A797@freebsd2.rocks>

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I am CC'ing Soren (Mr ATA) to see if he has any input.

On 15-Jan-01 Herbert wrote:
>  The drives fall back from UDMA66 into PIO4 mode and the system is very
>  unstable. XWindow, netscape and other apps crash randomly and when I try
>  to compile the system or a kernel my kernel panics. :(
>  I testet this system under m$ win me I have no such problems?

When it boots I get ->
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ad0: 29188MB <ST330630A> [59303/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
ata0: resetting devices .. done
ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
ad0: trying fallback to PIO mode
ata0: resetting devices .. done

And sysctl hw.atamodes shows the drive is in PIO mode (bleh).

The drive is a 30Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm DMA66 drive..

The ATA controller is reported as ->
atapci0: <VIA 82C686 ATA66 controller> port 0xa000-0xa00f at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0

It seems to be running fine.. I am compiling a kernel and some software with no
hassles yet.

I have tweaked the BIOS a little based on my experience with the 8KTA+...

Integrated Peripherals -> Init Display First -> AGP
                       -> Onboard Serial port 1 -> 3F8/IRQ4
                       -> Onboard Serial port 2 -> 2F8/IRQ3
                       -> Onboard Parallel Mode -> EPP
                       -> Onboard Legacy Audio  -> Dsiabled

Power Mgmt. Setup      -> State After Power Failure -> On
       
PCI/PnP Config         -> PNP OS Installed        -> No
                       -> Resources Controlled by -> Manual
                       -> IRQ Resources           -> 3,4,7 Legacy

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum


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