Re: CMD640 chipset bugfix/support

mlord (mlord@pobox.com)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:39:05 -0500


Chris Hughes wrote:
>
> According to /proc/pci I've got a CMD640 IDE interface:
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> IDE interface: CMD 640 (buggy) (rev 2).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 14.
> ...
>
> However, if I compile in cmd640 chipset support, on bootup I get:
>
> Mar 18 11:25:47 cjh kernel: cmd640: failed to reset controller 1
> Mar 18 11:25:47 cjh kernel: ide: buggy CMD640B interface at pci, (0x80003800)
> Mar 18 11:25:47 cjh kernel: hda: QUANTUM TRB850A, 810MB w/96KB Cache, LBA,
> CHS=823/32/63
>
> And it fails to spot my ATAPI CDROM on hdc. If I don't compile with cmd640
> chipset support, it spots the cdrom fine.

1.3.75 includes code to fix this, but unfortunately it broke
other stuff.

If your cmd640 support still does not work in 1.3.76 (when it comes out)
then please email me and we'll resolve it.

Cheers,

-ml
the Linux IDE guy