Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 11:54:28 GMT+0100 From: "Kees Jan Koster" <Kees.Koster@nym.sc.philips.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOYO SY-30F2 blues Message-ID: <4605EF72A8A@NLNMG01.nym.sc.philips.com>
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> Datum verzending: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:09:52 +0200 (MET DST) > Van: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de> > Aan: Kees.Koster@aonc01.nym.sc.philips.com > Onderwerp: Re: SOYO SY-30F2 blues > Kees Jan Koster writes: > > > > > Do you happen to have an ftp pointer? I have very limited internet > > access, sorry. My motherboard is a SOYO SY-30F2 with an Award Modular > > bios v4.50G. > > Sorry, no. I have no idea whether Soyo offers new > BIOS versions from an FTP server. ASUS does, and > AFAIK Tyan as well. It would be interesting to have > a list of vendors with their BIOS upgrade policy in > the FreeBSD handbook, I guess. > Hmm. I'll pester my shop into telling me. > > > > Sorry, but there is hardly any generic way to solve > > > your problem in a device driver. I can send you a > > > fix, which will modify the NCR address to any value > > > you choose, but you will have to compile that address > > > into your kernel, which precludes its use on other > > > FreeBSD systems. (Ok. I can make it dependent on the > > > specific characteristics of your system, but there > > > will never be an official version that includes that > > > patch.) > > > > > Yes please, that patch would be extremely welcome. I tried to hack > > the kernel to do that, but I found I don't know enough about the pci > > handling stuff to do so. > > Ok. I'll prepare it for you, but it will take some > time to get it done. Sorry, but I have very little > spare time, currently. > Want some of mine? Thanks for your trouble. I'm sort of planning to get me a nice 2.1.5 cdrom anyway, so I'll add your patch then.
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