On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, Michael L. Hitch wrote:

>   I have wondered if the problem in NetBSD with synchronous transfer is in
> the negotiation of the transfer, or in the actual transfer.  If it's the
> actual transfer that is the problem, then the driver should be able to
> request the drives to do asynchronous transfers if _sbic_inhibit_sync is
> set.  That way, the driver should be able to work no matter what state
> the drive is in when NetBSD starts.

It's with sync negotiation on some drives.  Take a look at the patch I 
posted a while back.  It fixes the problem (at least for me).

Eduardo