BTLD - wd Driver

Date Posted: 17-OCT-03

Brief Description: The updated wd driver provides a number of bug fixes, including:

  • All compliant PCI IDE controllers now recognized.
  • UDMA mode 6 (UDMA 133) now supported.
  • Divvy now correctly recommends a valid number of filesystems for disks greater than 14GB.
  • Improved ATAPI device recognition.
  • ATAPI CD and DVD writer devices now supported.
  • More readable and useful debug output. To turn on debug output, use the wd.debug=[option] bootstring, where [option] can be any of the following:
    • i for IDE controller identification
    • u for Ultra DMA configuration
    • g for disk geometry calculations
  • Better disk geometry configuration.
  • IDE hard disks larger than 137GB now recognized as having 137GB of space. Previously these drives were seen as smaller, possibly as small as 2GB.
  • When kernel debugger is enabled, driver no longer enters the debugger on certain unusual conditions.
  • Driver no longer panics when attempting to access a non-existent ATAPI device.

 

Download Files

Filesize Sum -r Note:

wd_readme.htm

wd_readme.txt

wd_btld.img

19123

19363

1474560

42407

31651

16951

For use at ISL only. The wd Driver Supplement must be installed after installing this driver in order to be fully functional.

Download Files

Note:

wd_driver_supplement directory

To update the wd driver after ISL.

Dependencies: See Note section in tables above.

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