Enhance MIRROR code. Add a few more sanity checks and implement
a zone-based disk selector to make use of both disks when reading.
Also implement a read fail-over. If a read error occurs on one
disk, the I/O is retried on the other.
NOTE: CCD's mirroring support cannot deal with write errors properly
in regards to recovery, meaning that 'old' data under a write error may
be read non-deterministically if you reboot after a write error, and CCD
certainly cannot deal with a disk changeout. And it still can't. Use
vinum if you are really serious about mirroring. CCD basically just
implements a poor-man's mirror.
sum the total amount of I/O issued to determine when all the I/O
has completed. This fails when the EOF boundry occurs in the middle
of an I/O. Using cbp->cb_buf.b_bufsize works better.
there are stubs compiled into the kernel if BPF support is not enabled,
there aren't any problems with unresolved symbols. The modules in /modules
are compiled with BPF support enabled anyway, so the most this will do is
bloat GENERIC a little.
d_maxio is replaced by the dev->si_iosize_max field which the driver
should be set in all calls to cdevsw->d_open if it has a better
idea than the system wide default.
The field is a generic dev_t field (ie: not disk specific) so that
tapes and other devices can use physio as well.
The lun is not incremented in the ata-disk driver when ATA_STATIC_ID
is not defined, thanks to Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
for finding that one.
PHK pointed at the & problem in atapi-cd in devstat_end_transaction_buf.
Too little sleep I guess...
Phase 1) move the driver
Phase 2)
Phase 3) Profit, by splitting the driver into smaller files like
bktr_tuner, bktr_card, bktr_audio, bktr_<osname>
making it easier to maintain and understand.
declaration for the interface driver from "foo" to "if_foo" but leave the
declaration for the miibus attached to the interface driver alone. This
lets the internal module name be "if_foo" while still allowing the miibus
instances to attach to "foo."
This should allow ifconfig to autoload driver modules again without
breaking the miibus attach.
be set by a kernel conf option due to the struct buf structural
dependancy (sizing of b_pages[]) creating a conflict with modules
(which are not compiled with kernel config options overrides).
We'll be able to sysctl these two later on when the buffer subsystem
is revamped.
for the AN985 "Centaur" chip, which is apparently the next genetation
of the "Comet." The AN985 is also a tulip clone and is similar to the
AL981 except that it uses a 99C66 EEPROM and a serial MII interface
(instead of direct access to the PHY registers).
Also updated various documentation to mention the AN985 and created
a loadable module.
I don't think there are any cards that use this chip on the market yet:
the datasheet I got from ADMtek has boxes with big X's in them where the
diagrams should be, and the sample boards I got have chips without any
artwork on them.
It been awhile since the last major update, as a benefit there
are some cool things in this one (and new bugs probably :) )...
The ATA driver has grown "real" timeout support for all devices.
This means that it should be possible to get in contact with
(especially) lost ATAPI devices. It also means that the ATA
driver is now usable on notebooks as it will DTRT on resume.
An experimental hack at utilizing the Promise66's at UDMA66 is
in there, but I cant test it. If someone feels like sending
me one, give me a ping.
The ATAPI DMA enableling scheme has been changed, also better DMA
support for the Aladdin chipset has been implemented for ATAPI
devices. Note that the Aladdin apparently only can do DMA reads
on ATAPI devices, and the Promise cant do ATAPI DMA at all.
I have seen problems on some ATAPI devices that should be able
to run in DMA mode, so if you encounter problems with hanging
atapi devices during the probe, or during access, disable DMA
in atapi-all.c, and let me know. It might be nessesary to do this
via a "white list" for known good devices...
The ATAPI CDROM driver can now use eject/close without hanging and
the bug that caused reading beyond the end of a CD has been fixed.
Media change is also handled proberly. DVD drives are identified
and are usable as CDROM devices at least, I dont have the HW to
test this further, see above :).
The ATAPI tape driver has gotten some support for using the DSC
method for not blocking the IDE channel during read/write when
the device has full buffers. It knows about the OnStream DI-30
device, support is not completed yet, but it can function as a
primitive backup medium, without filemarks, and without bad media
handeling. This is because the OnStream device doesn't handle this
(like everybody else) in HW. It also now supports getting/setting
the record position on devices that supports it.
Some rather major cleanups and rearrangements as well (cvs -b diff
is your freind). I'm closing in on declaring this for beta code,
most of the infrastruture is in place by now.
As usual USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!, this is still alpha level code.
This driver can hose your disk real bad if anything goes wrong, but
now you have been warned :)
But please tell me how it works for you!
Enjoy!
-Søren
