Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:04:40 +0100 From: sam <samira.nox@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sata atapi on ich9r Message-ID: <op.t07vx2vjufp0mi@localhost> In-Reply-To: <472C3569.3050301@gmail.com> References: <op.t07skxg4godk2w@localhost> <472C3569.3050301@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:46:33 +0100, Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > samira wrote: >> hi >> >> >> I have some problem using sata atapi devices on my gigabyte p35-ds4. > > First of all p35 (ihc9r) have many known problems in this area (just for > reference I have a msi neon-f p35 mobo w/ e6850, 4 gig and 2 sata + 1 > pata device). > > When I first got the machine back in august it had all kinds of issues > (do a search of -questions and -current to see them all). Most of the > critical ones have been resolved post -current version fork. >> >> The controller is in ahci mode. There are two kinds of dvd-devices >> 1). DVDROM <ASUS DVD-E616A3T/1.11> >> 2). DVDR <Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S/1.00> >> System is a 7.0-BETA2. > > What kind of processor and is the kernel/bases system i386 or amd64? > The cpu is CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (2666.68-MHz 686-class CPU) installed bsd is a i386. > Are you SATA/300 devices reported as SATA/150 and/or UDMA33? > ad4: 305244MB <WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0 12.01B02> at ata2-master SATA300 ad6: 305244MB <WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0 12.01B02> at ata3-master SATA300 ad8: 238475MB <WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0 02.01C03> at ata4-master SATA300 acd0: DVDROM <ASUS DVD-E616A3T/1.11> at ata5-master SATA150 acd1: DVDROM <ASUS DVD-E616A3T/1.11> at ata6-master SATA150 acd2: DVDR <Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S/1.00> at ata7-master SATA150 What I find kind of strange too, is that the first harddisk, which is plugged into sata0, is called ad4.. but never mind. If I enable the jmicron controller, which is also on the bord, the harddisk gets even ad10... > Does it reconize any PATA devices you may have? > Don't have any. > The only solution I was found was to use 8-current (i.e. from late sept > on wards stuff worked fine [but only after the version fork]). BTW my > SATA/300 devices are still reported as SATA/150 and the PATA device is > not seen at all. >> >> If I have "atapicam" in the kernel, the system freezes at boot, well >> not exactly freezing, but giving >> acd0: FAILURE - INQURY timed out >> acd0: FAILURE - INQURY timed out >> over and over, where acd0 is one of the asus dvd drives. > > Same issue on amd64 beta 1.5 for me (but i386 worked fine [I had to do > open heart surgery to switch it to amd64 [note 1]]) >> >> Removing atapicam from kernel does help. I can boot, provided there >> are no cds/dvds in the drives. >> >> But trying to play a dvd fails with >> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - >> completing request directly >> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - >> completing request directly >> acd0: FAILURE - SEND_KEY timed out >> acd0: FAILURE - MODE_SENSE_BIG timed out >> no matter, if I try on optiarc/asus. > > Is this true even if you have boot from cd in the cmos? Will try this. >> >> I can mount data cds. But the system freezes for about one minute >> when doing so. > > I have not experienced this but then again I never tried it ;-) > > Note to the development team: No I was not tripping when I reported > these same issues just unable to provide proof > > Note to sam: Do you have any development experience if so I invite you > to help me in my current project to patch the ata driver to fix all > these issues (the ata developer told me since he doesn't have access to > a ich9r/p35 system no patch and/or cvsup would be forth coming on these > issues)... I am also a developer but at the moment am very tied up with > making a living so I will give what help I can but can't do the whole > project alone > Unfortunately I haven't any experience in this kind of development. > Notes: > > 1. Procedure: > > Downgrade to 6.2 amd64 > FTP the distfiles for base and kernel (networking is completely broken > so you have do some very creative tricks to get transfers to complete > [note to the "no evidence" crowd on this list this is my ONLY machine > and since it was so @#$@#$'ed up before the reupgrade to 8-current I was > not able to record any proof of this]) > overwrite the base and kernel with the distfiles > reboot > do the stay current procedure in the handbook -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
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