Kevin Oberman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> Close. Add:
> hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"    # Run the CD-ROM/DVD in DMA mode
> to /boot/loader.conf.
> 
> This should be in almost EVERY /boot/loader.conf. The default is 0 (PIO)
> because DMA is broken on at least a few early CD readers, but it is
> very rare to have it fail. (I've never seen it.)

my
ad2: 2014MB <QUANTUM BIGFOOT_CY2160A> [4092/16/63] at ata1-master PIO4

Is one of those wierd drives that claims to support DMA, but doesn't.
I still get occasional bus resets when doing lots of IO to the drive, if
I don't keep it in PIO mode.

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