Re: kern/46195: Unseen IDE CDROM drive on 6.0_BETA

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:00:00PM +0000, cheusov%tut.by@localhost wrote:
> >Description:
> My i386 system running 6.0_BETA (netbsd-6 sources as of 2012.03.12)
> doesn't detect IDE CDROM drive. It is attached to an
> internal IDE controller.
> 
> Motherboard is GA-8I945GMF.
> http://ee.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-8i945gmf/
> 
> Additional USB controller and ethernet card are plugged in into PCI slots.
> 
> Kernel is GENERIC. 
> 
> Full dmesg output is here (for 5.99.60)
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2012/01/19/msg018864.html
> 
> Linux detects cdrom drive without problems.
> If it helps Linux's dmesg output is available here
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2012/01/23/msg018892.html

It looks like your CD drive is configured as a slave without master
on the same channel. This is not a recommended configuration for
(P)ATA, I suggest configuring the CD drive as master.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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