Re: IDE quirk in 3.2-STABLE kernel ?

[Wes Peters]

Biju Susmer wrote:
> 
> > Regardless, you have to have 1 master and 0 or 1 slaves one every IDE
> > controller.  You can't run a controller with just a slave.
> >
> I dont think it should be a problem.. Since other OSs can work with this
> configuration without any problem, why FBSD should refuse this configuration?
> When i was using 2.2.7-stable, FBSD used to recognize my CDROM *sometimes* as
> slave, not always.

Because it's wrong.  If you don't believe me, buy a copy of the spec.  Why
should we waste valuable developer time trying to support mis-configured
hardware?

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
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