On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:35:52 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hit the keyboard and punched:
> FreeBSD 4.x doesn't have specific support for the VIA 8237, and so
> doesn't properly realize that it should be able to do the faster DMA
> modes.
>
> My MSI motherboard with the same VIA 8237 does the same thing.
>
> -CURRENT (5.x) does have support for SATA, and may (probably does)
> work with the 8237. (I haven't tried it on this motherboard.)
Doh! Should have checked that before... now I'm stuck with a system that
more or less freezes during high-load disk operations :-((((
Any workarounds?
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