[Soekris] net5501 BIOS Update

[Andreas Wrede]

On Oct 3, 2007, at 19:51 , Soren Kristensen wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> I just posted a net5501 BIOS update with:
> comBIOS vers 1.32h
>
>    * fixed IDE DMA enable issue on net5501
>    * fixed soft reboot issue on net5501
>    * change initial clear screen to scroll lines

This all works fine now.

> There might still be issues with Ultra-DMA detect/setting, I would be
> happy to get a few success/failure reports, just email me directly.

Under NetBSD -current, the controller reports Ultra-DMA mode 4  
capability, the drive I have is Ultra-DMA mode 5 and they end up  
communicating at Ultra 4. Looks OK, if Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66) is  
actually the top speed of the controller.

viaide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2
viaide0: Advanced Micro Devices CS5536 IDE Controller (rev. 0x01)
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
[SNIP]
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK3017GAS>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 28615 MB, 58140 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 58605120  
sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)  
(using DMA)

-- 
     aew

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