Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:38:12 -0400 (EDT) From: cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: cau@cc.gatech.edu, mc7953@mclink.it, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility Message-ID: <199604081338.JAA09075@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 8, 96 04:09:58 pm
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> Carlos Ugarte stands accused of saying: > > I have the same motherboard, and an Adaptec 1542CF. There is a > > problem with this board and DMA busmaster devices, which I think > > the 2940 is (the 1542CF is a busmaster). The problem is not > > Don't confuse ISA busmasters and PCI busmasters. The 1542 is an ISA > busmaster, and may have problems on the PVI486SP3 (I can't say, I've > never tried). The 2940 is a PCI busmaster and I know for a fact > that they work fine in that board. Really? Guess it's only ISA and VLB busmasters, then. I've heard of folks with the 284x series who had the same problems I did, so I assumed it was across the board. Carlos > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ -- Carlos A. Ugarte cau@cc.gatech.edu Author of PageMage, a virtual desktop util for OS/2 http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/cau/ If you understand what you're doing, you are not learning anything
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