Re: Netra X1 IDE controller/disk issues

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 11, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Chris Ross wrote:

> On May 11, 2010, at 17:14, Michael wrote:
> > I'd try a different, known good cable before anything else.
>
> I could certainly try a different cable, but this is the unused- 
> until-now cable that's been inside the Netra for forever.  I'll look  
> around for another one to try, though.

'been in there forever' is what makes cables go bad, being used or not  
makes little to no difference.

> On May 11, 2010, at 17:29, <rjs%fdy2.demon.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> > I see the same kinds of error on NetBSD/cats if I don't force the
> > controller to PIO mode in the kernel config.
> >
> > There is a comment in the sparc64 GENERIC config that suggests the
> > same change is needed for Blade 100 and Netra X1 systems.
>
>  Ahh.  So, that would suggest a driver bug?  Or a hardware bug?  (Or  
> both?)

That IDE chip is known to be troublesome.

have fun
Michael

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