Subject: Re: Any new -current snapshots?
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/19/2000 18:18:27
Matt Thomas wrote:

>At 05:27 PM 12/19/2000 -0600, Bob Nestor wrote:
>>Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:02:52AM -0600, Bob Nestor wrote:
>> >> No. In 1.5 I get:
>> >> pci0 at grackle0 bus 0
>> >> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
>> >> ...
>> >> pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> The CDROM is found and configured; the SCSI controller is found but not
>> >> configured. I also noticed the 3-button UniMouse is no longer configured.
>> >>  That used to work under 1.4K, but that's a minor issue I can work 
around.
>> >
>> >Hum, do you have the pciide line in your kernel config file ?
>>
>>I'm trying to boot the 1.5 Install Kernel so it's a chicken-and-egg
>>problem.  I can't build my own kernel without first getting one installed.
>
>The problem is that INSTALL doesn't have a pciide device.  You lose. :(
>I'm fixing that now.

Which is why I posted the original question:

>Does anyone know if:
>
>The probe/interrupt problem with IDE0 is fixed in -current, and if so, does 
anyone have a
>plans of posting a -current snapshot of it?

My question was based on what the LAST_MINUTE file for 1.5 contains:

>[port-alpha, port-arc, port-cobalt, port-i386, port-macppc]
>
>        The "pciide" IDE/ATAPI disk driver included with these ports has some
>        problems with Ultra-DMA and certain chipsets, notably SiS controller
>        chips.  If you are NOT using the proper 80-wire Ultra-DMA cable
>        (even for UDMA 1-3), and/or you see problems about "lost interrupts"
>        on the pciide driver, you may suffer data corruption problems until
>        Ultra-DMA is disabled in the pciide driver.

Sorry if my question was confusing.
-bob