Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!paula From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Compiling problems, won't link Message-ID: <15466@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 89 21:09:33 GMT References: <15214@bcsaic.UUCP> <491@escom.com> Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 52 In article <491@escom.com> al@escom.com (Al Donaldson) writes: [ about trouble I had compiling Martin Leisner's "controller_busy" patches for at_wini.c ] >Although this is off the point of Paul's question, it does appear >that there are still people trying to integrate Marty's patches, >either to make the 6 MHz AT work properly or to fix other problems. >Last week I suggested to Andy Tanenbaum that Marty's patches should >become part of the next release, and Andy asked that I check with >Bruce Evans about it and also post a question to the network. Bruce >replied via mail that he has some changes for the controller_busy code, >so I figured things were under control and I didn't need to pollute >the net with any more comp.os.minix.at_wini questions. > >Anyway, it does appear that the at_wini situation is being cleaned up >for V1.4b. Here's one more data point: My setup: 25MHz 386 DTC RLL controller (don't have model # handy) drive with 26 sectors, 5 heads, 1024 cylinders. Minix 1.1 with 1.3 upgrade from bugs.nosc.mil. Configuration that caused me grief: Disk initially partitioned with DOS 3.30 fdisk. No disk-geometry changes made to Minix fdisk and fsck. No changes in at_wini.c. Configuration that is currently working: Disk initially partitioned with DOS 3.10 fdisk. Fdisk and fsck patched for 26 sectors and 5 heads. No changes in at_wini.c. I had *lots* of trouble when I was using the fdisk from DOS 3.30. I fixed the Minix fdisk and switched to DOS 3.10 at the same time, so I'm not sure if 3.30 was really part of the problem. I now have a 32Mb Minix partition that's been exercised pretty severely. The stock 1.3d at_wini.c seems to be working fine for me. Al, thanks for the suggestion to rename controller_busy. I'll use it if I need to re-apply Marty's patch before 1.4b appears. Paul Allen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!bcsaic!pallen