ATA patch for RELENG_6 ... a patch looking for a good home

[Sean Bruno]

Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
>> What you think about attached patch?
>> It can resolve your problem and shouldn't break anything.
>> With this patch you can set mode in /boot/device.hints, for
>> example:
>> hint.ad.0.mode="UDMA33"
>> hint.ad.1.mode="UDMA100"
>>
>> These limits work only on boot stage, after boot completed you can
>> change mode via atacontrol.
>
My issue was that the boot device itself was the flash module from 
Transcend.  Setting the speed via atacontrol after the system booted was 
not preferred as the root device _was_ the Transcend.  Does that make sense?
> Also, this is the same patch, but it doesn't allow override maximum
> mode in device.hints. I don't know which patch is preferable, I think
> second one.
>
I'll try both and get back to you.


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