i386/73706: ATA_IDENTIFY timed out under FreeBSD 5.3

[Maxim Frolov]

>Number:         73706
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       ATA_IDENTIFY timed out under FreeBSD 5.3
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 09 08:40:31 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Maxim Frolov
>Release:        5.3
>Organization:
Compumatica Secure Networks
>Environment:
5.3-RELEASE i386  
>Description:
Booting FreeBSD 5.3 with ROCKY-3703EVR motherboard with VIA 82C686 chip always fails with last message from kernel:
ata0-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out

The hard disk is connected as master to primary IDE channel.
Everything works fine under FreeBSD 4.10 or under 5.3 if hard disk is connected  as master to secondary IDE channel.
No matter which hard disk is used.


>How-To-Repeat:
boot FreeBSD 5.3 with ROCKY-3703EVR motherboard from hard disk connected to primay IDE port as master
>Fix:
      
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