Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:19:03 +0300 From: Gennady Sorokopud <gena@NetVision.net.il> To: Stefan Esser <esser@zpr.uni-koeln.de> Cc: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Please give feedback: New PCI configuration mechanism test Message-ID: <XFMail.950612182428.gena@NetVision.net.il> In-Reply-To: <199506121208.AA25186@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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Hello! In message <199506121208.AA25186@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE> Stefan Esser writes: >After some problems with the "Compaq Prosignia 300" >I've taken a look at the PCI specification rev. 2.0 >(don't have 2.1, yet, anybody able to check for >major differences between 2.0 and 2.1 regarding >configuration space accesses and especially changes >to chapters 3.6.4.1.x). > >The following patch should be tested on as many >PCI motherboards as possible, since I don't want >to break PCI support for old systems with this >patch. > >I've tested it on a Saturn based i486 system and >will try it on a Pentium later today. Ok, i just tested your patch on P90 Compaq Prosignea and it finally recognized the PCI bus!! Now i can install FreeBSD on it! Thanks a lot! (Also it finds only 16Mb RAM instead of 32 but it's a different problem ) > >Please report any problems with this patch ! > >There is a slight chance, that a chip set that >supports PCI configuration mechanism 2 will be >erroneously detected as supporting mechanism 1. And i also tested this patch on Digital P90, and it still recognizes PCI exactly like it did before. > >If a PCI system stops working with this patch, >I'd like to receive boot messages as written >by the working (i.e. unpatched) kernel. > >Thanks in advance! > >STefan > Best regards. -------- Gennady B. Sorokopud - System programmer at NetVision Israel. E-Mail: gena@NetVision.net.il Homepage: http://www.netvision.net.il/~gena This message was sent at 06/12/95 18:30:05 by XF-Mail
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