i386/73706: ATA_IDENTIFY timed out under FreeBSD 5.3

[Jonas Davidsson]

The following reply was made to PR i386/73706; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jonas Davidsson <aphex at bredband.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, mfr at compumatica.de
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/73706: ATA_IDENTIFY timed out under FreeBSD 5.3
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:41:21 +0100

 > 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.
 > 
 
 I get the exact same problem with my Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller,
 except i was upgrading from 5.2.1 -> 5.3
 Doesn't matter at all which drives i have connected, the primary channel just doesn't work for me in 5.3