Bug 31383

Summary: no matcd0 during install
Product: Base System Reporter: Alphonse Tibodo <alph0ns3>
Component: i386Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.4-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Alphonse Tibodo 2001-10-20 02:40:00 UTC 
During install the kernel doesn't detect the matcd0 device.
Problem Report i386/29792 has the same problem (under 4.3). Kris Kennaway said:
"Unfortunately I doubt any of the committers have a matcd device any
 more to test this.  If it's not user error, or a generic bug in
 FreeBSD which effects other devices, I don't think there's much chance
 of this getting fixed."
But under 4.4 in HARDWARE.TXT the device is still said to be suported:
"The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
[...]
* Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface
  (562/563 models) (matcd(4))"
So it should be removed or fixed...

How-To-Repeat: Boot from install floppies and go into the "visual config" thing
Comment 1 Crist J. Clark 2001-10-22 10:44:20 UTC 
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:36:05PM -0700, Alphonse Tibodo wrote:
> During install the kernel doesn't detect the matcd0 device.
> Problem Report i386/29792 has the same problem (under 4.3). Kris Kennaway said:
> "Unfortunately I doubt any of the committers have a matcd device any
>  more to test this.  If it's not user error, or a generic bug in
>  FreeBSD which effects other devices, I don't think there's much chance
>  of this getting fixed."
> But under 4.4 in HARDWARE.TXT the device is still said to be suported:
> "The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
> [...]
> * Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary interface
>   (562/563 models) (matcd(4))"
> So it should be removed or fixed...

It is not practical to put _all_ of the supported hardware into the
GENERIC kernel. 

The code for matcd(4) is still in FreeBSD-STABLE. Add it to a custom
kernel configuration file,

  device          matcd0  at isa? port 0x230

And build a new kernel.

If you have trouble finding the device with the new kernel, please
direct questions on the topic to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org or
another appropriate list.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org
Comment 2 Crist J. Clark freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-10-22 10:59:35 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

matcd(4) devices are no longer included in GENERIC. You will need to 
compile a custom kernel with the device. It is not practical to 
include all supported hardware in the GENERIC kernel.