Wayne Berke writes:
> > I have a similar system, a 486DX/33 with AMI BIOS.  From the 
> > research that a friend and I have done, the code in reboot() does not reset
> > the IDE hard disk controller properly. (I get a HDD controller failure 
> > once NetBSD reboots)  After hitting the reset button, everything is back 
> > to normal again.  
> 
> Does this problem exist in FreeBSD?  If not, wouldn't their code be a prime
> target for import?  I'm sure Jordan wouldn't mind...

If this is actually the problem, the "right thing" to do is to write a
shutdownhook for the IDE controller that resets it. It should be
pretty simple to do.

Someone should file a PR on the whole thing before it is forgotten.

Perry