grant@torque.net
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 12:24:41 -0500 (EST)
> Here is a list of a couple of commands and the corresponding output from
> dmesg, the last two gives same responses as the first one except for the
> supplied lines:
>
> ~$# insmod pd drive0=0x378,0,0,2,0,0,0 verbose=1
>
> pd: pd version 1.04s, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
> pda: epat: port 0x378, mode 2, ccr 80, test=(255,255,0)
> pda: Adapter not found
> pd: no valid drive found
Ok, from this I can tell you that your port _is_ working in
8-bit mode - and the drive can detect the EPAT adapter in the external
drive. There's something else amiss, however, as the driver doesn't
seem to be able to find an IDE device on the other side of the adapter.
Please try repeating this experiment after powering everything
(laptop and external drive) off for a few minutes.
It's possible that the drive is in a confused state and is not
responding, even though the adapter is alive and working.
This could also have to do with the port delay - although the
symptoms are not quite right. Try the same command with a delay
of 4.
Can you confirm that this drive works with DOS (or any other OS ?).
> ~# insmod pd drive0=0x378,0,0,3,0,0,0 verbose=1
>
> pda: epat: port 0x378, mode 3, ccr 25, test=(255,255,510)
Ok, there's no EPP mode on your port.
> ~# insmod pd drive0=0x378,0,0,2,0,0,-1 verbose=1
>
> pda: epat: port 0x2019c84, mode 2, ccr ff, test=(255,255,510)
^^^^^^^^^
hunh ? Is that repeatable ??? If so, there's some kind of bug there !
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