Re: i386/1416: IDE light is on all the time

["Airborne Frank" <OS@GeniusOne.com>]

The following reply was made to PR i386/1416; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Airborne Frank" <OS@GeniusOne.com>
To: <gnats@openbsd.org>
Cc:  Subject: Re: i386/1416: IDE light is on all the time
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 07:38:14 -0400

 I had the same problem, but I mount the CD-ROM (with out a CD in it) at
 boottime. That way the light turns off...
 
 HTH
 Frank
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: ingham@i-pi.com <ingham@i-pi.com>
 To: gnats@openbsd.org <gnats@openbsd.org>
 Date: Monday, September 25, 2000 12:21 PM
 Subject: i386/1416: IDE light is on all the time
 
 
 >
 >>Number:         1416
 >>Category:       i386
 >>Synopsis:       IDE light is on all the time
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       non-critical
 >>Priority:       low
 >>Responsible:    bugs
 >>State:          open
 >>Class:          sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   net
 >>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 25 10:20:01 MDT 2000
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Kenneth Ingham
 >>Organization:
 >Kenneth Ingham
 >ingham@i-pi.com
 >>Release:        OpenBSD Tesla.i-pi.com 2.7 GENERIC#25 i386
 >>Environment:
 >
 > System      : OpenBSD 2.7
 > Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
 > Machine     : i386
 >>Description:
 > The IDE disk activity light stays on all the time.  It comes on
 > at boot time and remains on as long as the system is up.  Oddly,
 > it goes out if I mount an IDE CDROM.  This problem has happened
 > on three separate i386 machines, so it is unlikely hardware.
 > Additionally, if I install FreeBSD on the same hardware, the
 > light does not stay lit.
 >
 > Here is the relevant dmesg output from the boot:
 >pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE (PIIX4)" rev 0x01: DMA,
 chan
 >nel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
 >atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0
 >scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
 >cd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <, ATAPI CDROM, 110E> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
 >cd0: can use 32-bit, PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
 >wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 71336 A>
 >wd0: can use 32-bit, PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
 >wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 1277MB, 2595 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 2616240 sectors
 >pciide0: channel 0 interrupting at irq 14
 >wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
 >cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data
 transfers)
 >wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Maxtor 82560 A4 ->
 >wd1: can use 32-bit, PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
 >wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 2442MB, 4962 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 5001728 sectors
 >wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <ST33221A>
 >wd2: can use 32-bit, PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
 >wd2: 32-sector PIO, LBA, 3079MB, 6256 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 6306048 sectors
 >pciide0: channel 1 interrupting at irq 15
 >wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
 >wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data
 transfers)
 >
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >        Install OpenBSD 2.6 or 2.7 on an i386 machine with at least
 >        one IDE disk and one IDE CDROM.
 >>Fix:
 > Unknown.
 >
 >>Audit-Trail:
 >>Unformatted:
 >