From 8d9f1945b9943b93bd943f0666768692b2d86a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Warner Losh Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:14:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add information about the dangarous apollo MPV3 chipset. Several people have suggested the workaround to me (use only PIO mode) and I've not seend a message saying ths was fixed. I'll removed the bold warning stars after the issue is corrected. --- UPDATING | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index d1dbf8b24309..f47ef2fa5943 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ directly to him. See end of file for further details. For commonly done items, please see the end of the file. Search for 'COMMON ITEMS:' +20000320: + * * * W A R N I N G * * * + The ata driver has some issues with the Apollo MVP3 chipset. + Drives work only in pio mode and must be set to pio mode early + int the boot process. Do not upgrade. If you must upgrade + in the face of this, add + /sbin/sysctl -w hw.atamodes=pio,pio,pio,pio + to the start of /etc/rc.conf. Even if you do this, any and + all damage to your system is at your own risk. You have been + warned. + * * * W A R N I N G * * * + 20000319: The ISA and PCI compatability shims have been connected to the options COMPAT_OLDISA and COMPAT_OLDPCI. If you are using old