Subject: Re: HPT-366 BE6-2
To: Jorgen Lundman <lundman@lundman.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/18/2003 22:45:29
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 05:30:42PM +0900, Jorgen Lundman wrote:
> 
> Had lock up problems with this when I initially built the box, I assumed at 
> the time it was because the bios on the machine was old, and because it was 
> a very remote box I had no way to flash it (still can't flash from netbsd 
> can ? vmware?)
> 
> At the time I fixed it by using wd flags in the kernel and they are all 
> used as:
> 
> wd3(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data 
> transfers)
> 
> Still running that 1.5.2 kernel.
> 
> This seems to hurt the CPU somewhat.
> 
> So, I noticed with great interest that there had been somework done on 
> this, in particular by Roger Brooks and a pull-up by Manuel Bouyer on 
> 2000/08/25 (What kernel version is that?)

I don't know, I didn't find this date in the cvs logs.

> 
> So I was wondering what the story is on this, considered fixed? Should just 
> compiling a new kernel make everything brighter and happier?

What IDE controller do you have ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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