bstark@siemens-psc.com (Brian Stark) writes:
>the following is 
>the only difference after upgrading to the new BIOS revision):

>  Intel 82371FB IDE controller (PIIX) (IDE mass storage, interface 
>    0x80, revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 7 function 1 not configured

That is not an error message.  It's informational only.  It means that
the IDE controller on the PIIX is not configured as a PCI device.  It is
later configured as legacy ISA device (wdc0).

>In addition to the preceding error message, I noticed that there is now
>a 10 second or so delay just after the following sequence of messages 
>come out:
>  wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14
>  wd0 at wdc0 drive 0: <WDC AC33100H>
>  wd0: 3020MB, 6136 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec
>  wd0: using 16-sector 16-bit pio transfers, lba addressing
>  wd1 at wdc0 drive 1: <ST32140A>
>  wd1: 2015MB, 4095 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec
>  wd1: using 16-sector 16-bit pio transfers, lba addressing

My guess is, that it is trying to configure the secondary IDE controller
on the PIIX.

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