Subject: Re: Evil HP 7200i ATAPI CD burner experiences
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Tom Javen <tomja@InnoTrac.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 04/06/1999 09:41:03
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
> 
> : So, as it turns out, now I have experience with HP 7200i CD burners under
> : NetBSD.
> : 
> : The verdict: It doesn't work. I'm returning it.
> 
> Works fine for me, with the following nits:
> 
> cd0 at atapibus0 drive 1: <HP      CD-Writer+ 7200, 4VO0798251132880021, V:003.0> type 5 cdrom removable
> cd0: 32-bits data port
> cd0: drive supports PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1
> 
> : 1) With the CD burner installed, I couldn't access my normal CD drive. Trying
> : actually locked my system. (No panic, just locked. Odd.)
> 
> It's not locked.  Wait about 45 seconds, and I'll bet you a dollar that you
> get a note about lost DRQ on wdc0 or pciide0.  The drive says above that
> it supports DMA mode 1, but either it lies, or Manuel's DMA is broken.  :) 
> 
> If you try to do DMA to the other drive (any kind, HDs too) on the wdc bus
> with this drive, you'll get a hang.  I had to disable DMA modes on the wd1
> that was on the same bus.
Works fine for me too, had to disable the DMA modes also.

Could this be put in some kind of quirks table ?

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