On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 rmcm@compsoft.com.au wrote:

> filesystem mount OK, as are xcdplayer{tochdr, tocentry and status},
> but xcdplayer{play} produces
> 
>         
>   cd0(esp0:6:0): esp0: timed out [ecb 0xf066a8a4 (flags 0x43, dleft 42, stat 0)], <state 4, nexus 0xf066a8a4, phase(c 3, p 3), resid 26, msg(q 20,o 0) > AGAIN
>   cd0(esp0:6:0): unit attention, data = 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 00 00
>   cd0(esp0:6:0): unit attention, data = 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 00 00

This is your CD player failing to participate in a synchronous transfer,
which the kernel in 1.3 unfortunately tries to initiate.  It is a bug.  It
may be fixed in the 1.3.1 distribution.  I believe it is fixed in
-current.

-J