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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!xanth.cs.odu.edu!violet!sturges From: sturges@violet.cs.odu.edu (Jonathan Sturges) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] - kernal hangs on disk wait Date: 10 Jan 1995 01:42:21 GMT Organization: Old Dominion University, Department of Computer Science Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3esolt$k0h@xanth.cs.odu.edu> References: <3eh9qa$1ie@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <3emga3$rb8@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <3emsq3$dnm@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <3ep1l6$s7n@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <3esdho$gkj@pdq.coe.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.cs.odu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nate Williams (nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu) wrote: : In article <3ep1l6$s7n@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, : Alec Habig <ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu> wrote: : >An easy question for you to answer - can I grab the current wd.c file, plug it : >into the 1.1.5 kernal and stand any chance of it working? I'd like to be able to get a new wd.c, too. I'm still running 1.1Release, and I'm having the hang-ups. I, too, am certain that the fault lies in FreeBSD's wd.c. See, the problem only happens when I use my speedy VLB hard disk controller. If I switch back to my generic ISA IDE/multi-io card, it works great. Also, I have DOS drivers for the VLB card, so there are no problems there. And, the readme file for the VLB card says there are SCO Unix drivers, but that won't exactly help. However, that's as close as I've come to finding a driver for this card. Is/has anyone developed drivers for any accelerated VLB cards? Mine's got a Promise chipset on it, and is pretty common at computer shows, etc. any info would be helpful, since the VLB card increases my HD throughput by a factor of 3 to 4... -Jonathan jonathan@cc.odu.edu