TDK VeloCD and 5.2.1-RC2

[Russell Hanneken]

Just wanted to report my experience with a TDK VeloCD 48x16x48 CD-RW
drive (the model number is 4800B) and FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC2.

When I boot, I get this message:

ata1-master: FAILURE - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE no interrupt
ata1-master: FAILURE - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE no interrupt
acd0: CDRW <TDK CDRW4800B> at ata1-master BIOSPIO
acd1: DVDROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1502> at ata1-slave UDMA33

This behavior is actually an improvement over that of 5.2-RELEASE-p2.
With 5.2-RELEASE-p2, I would see similar failure messages at boot, and
then the system would freeze up, unless I booted with a CD in the
drive.  I gather people with LITE-ON CD-RW drives had a similar
experience.  Apparently my TDK drive is broken in the same way as the
LITE-ON drives.

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Russell Hanneken
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