Subject: Re: WDM_PIOMULTI fails on my drive (atari + MI wdc)
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Leo Weppelman <leo@wau.mis.ah.nl>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/07/1998 16:01:51
On Fri 24 Apr 1998, Leo Weppelman wrote:
> On the atari, I use the MI wdc driver. In combination with my Quantum
> Fireball, I get a failure in multi-sector mode.
> 
> >From my dmesg:
> 
>   wd0 at wdc0 drive 0: <QUANTUM FIREBALL1080A>
>   wd0: 1039MB, 2112 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec
>   wd0: using 16-sector 16-bit pio transfers, chs addressing
>   wd0: wdccontrol: setmulti failed (2) - fallback to single sector mode
>   root on wd0a dumps on wd0b

I just re-synced my sources and now the drive 'just works' ;-) Note the
differences:

 wd0 at wdc0 drive 0: <QUANTUM FIREBALL1080A>
 wd0: using 8-sector 16-bit pio transfers, lba mode
            ^                              ^^^
 wd0: 1039MB, 2128896 sec, 512 bytes/sec

Thanks,

Leo.