Subject: Re: VIA chipset problems - what is recommended solution / workaround?
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Kent Polk <kent@goathill.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/17/2001 06:47:17
On 14 May 2001 16:50:01 -0500, Kent Polk wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>> On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 07:26:55PM +0000, Kent Polk wrote:
>> > I thought I'd contribute a little bit of possibly interesting information.
>> > 
>> > I just picked up a :
>> > wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <FUJITSU MPF3102AH>
>> > wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
>> > wd1: 9773 MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 20016348 sectors
>> > wd1: 32-bit data port
>> > wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
>> > 
>> > in addition to my :
>> > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 83201A6>
>> > wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
>> > wd0: 3060 MB, 6218 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 6267744 sectors
>> > wd0: 32-bit data port
>> > wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2

(Problem running ATA66 in channel 0)

As a point of confirmation, I just updated this system to the BETA2
recently announced and I no longer see the problem. I have the Fuj
(ATA66) drive in channel 0 now and all appears to be doing fine.

Thanks Much!

NetBSD 1.5.1_BETA2 (GENERIC) #41: Wed May 16 01:28:41 CEST 2001
    he@nsa.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: AMD Athlon Model 4 (Thunderbird) (686-class), 1336.45 MHz
total memory = 255 MB
avail memory = 231 MB
using 3296 buffers containing 13184 KB of memory
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfb3c0
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: VIA Technologies product 0x0305 (rev. 0x03)
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: VIA Technologies product 0x8305 (rev. 0x00)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Matrox MGA G200 AGP (rev. 0x01)
wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: VIA Technologies VT82C686A (Apollo KX133) PCI-ISA Bridge (rev. 0x40)
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1: VIA Technologies VT82C686A (Apollo KX133)
 ATA100 controller
pciide0: bus-master DMA support present
pciide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <FUJITSU MPF3102AH>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd0: 9773 MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 20016348 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4
pciide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (using DMA data transfers)
pciide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Maxtor 83201A6>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd1: 3060 MB, 6218 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 6267744 sectors
wd1: 32-bit data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2