Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:58:53 +0900 From: non@ever.sanda.gr.jp To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES src/sys/alpha/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/conf NOTES Message-ID: <20030225225853X.non@ever.sanda.gr.jp> In-Reply-To: <20030225.223016.74660658.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <20030224.225405.41649721.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20030224164156.GB47253@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030225.223016.74660658.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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From: Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:30:16 +0900 (JST) > > > PC98 does not have ISA devices like atkbdc, vga, bt and aha. And > > > then, some disk controllers don't work on PC98 even if they are PCI > > > devices because it needs to have DISK BIOS for pc98. > > > > Is that just for booting, or any use? Many of these disk controllers > > aren't bootable on Alpha or Sparc64 either -- but they are well supported > > once you get the FreeBSD kernel running. > > We cannot use at all. If we insert a card without BIOS for pc98, the > machine hangs up. A PCI card which have PC/AT architechture BIOS without pc98 consideration makes a pc98 hang, but a PCI card without BIOS does not make pc98 hang. So, disk controllers without consideration for pc98 are guilty. PCI NICs are mostly OK. Am I right ? // Noriaki Mitsunaga // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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