I don't disagree that additional drivers are needed.

I have not, however, seen the ATA driver cause problems with other 
devices.  The explanation may be that I don't happen to be using the 
devices with which you see problems.  I'd be curious to know the specifics.

Dieter wrote:

>Having used NetBSD for many years now, the biggest problem I see
>with NetBSD is device drivers.
>
>Can't talk to this device, no driver.  Can't talk to that device,
>no driver.
>
>Even if there is a driver it is frequently buggy.  About the only thing
>that works reliably is SCSI.  Even a common ATA disk creates problems
>for seemingly unrelated devices.
>
>What would it take to create an interface that allowed linking
>in drivers from FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Linux/... ?
>
>!DSPAM:41f15891193137884015205!
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