Problem with ATA driver on pc386

[Angelo Fraietta]

Angelo Fraietta wrote:
> 
> I changed the conditionals on the 2 do - while loops to include
> 
> ata_process_request_on_init_phase(rtems_device_minor_number  ctrl_minor,
>                                   ata_req_t                 *areq)
> {
>     unsigned16         byte;/* emphasize that only 8 low bits is 
> meaningful */
>     <snip>
>     do {
>         ide_controller_read_register(ctrl_minor, IDE_REGISTER_STATUS, 
> &byte);
>                 printk("Start ide_controller_read_register 1 Byte = 
> %x\r\n", byte);
>     } while (((byte & IDE_REGISTER_STATUS_BSY) ||
>              (!(byte & IDE_REGISTER_STATUS_DRDY))) && !(byte & 
> IDE_REGISTER_STATUS_DRDY));
>     <snip>
>     do {
>         ide_controller_read_register(ctrl_minor, IDE_REGISTER_STATUS, 
> &byte);
>                 printk("Start ide_controller_read_register 2 Byte = 
> %x\r\n", byte);
>     } while ((byte & IDE_REGISTER_STATUS_BSY)&& !(byte & 
> IDE_REGISTER_STATUS_DRDY));
> 
> This stopped from freezing. This however, was on the DIMMPC with the On 
> Board IDE enabled. When I plugged the PC104 in, the first one looped 
> indefinately with a byte value of 0. I disabled the primary IDE port in 
> the bios, which gave me the result as per the DIMMPC - Byte returns zero.
> 
> In performing theses tests, I beliee that the secondary IDE port is not 
> tested. Am I correct? If so, what would I need to do to test and mount it?
> 

I also found that the changes that I made also prevented the Primary 
Master from loading, so these changes don't work
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