From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 06:38:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA26428 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 06:38:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA26422 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 06:38:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oscar.cc.gatech.edu (cau@oscar.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.12]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.7.1/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA07569; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:38:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from cau@localhost) by oscar.cc.gatech.edu (8.7.1/8.6.9) id JAA09075; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:38:12 -0400 (EDT) From: cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte) Message-Id: <199604081338.JAA09075@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:38:12 -0400 (EDT) Cc: cau@cc.gatech.edu, mc7953@mclink.it, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 8, 96 04:09:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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