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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:05:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Wartan Hachaturow <wart@tepkom.ru>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Any TODO out there?
Message-ID:  <15826.30789.443260.294559@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3DD27009.90003@mukappabeta.de>
References:  <20021113085124.GA23125@mojo.tepkom.ru> <3DD22648.35D7B3DE@mindspring.com> <3DD27009.90003@mukappabeta.de>

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Matthias Buelow writes:
 > Terry Lambert wrote:
 > 
 > > FreeBSD Alpha doesn't work on >2G because some drivers need to
 > > use the bus space functions to make sure all DMAs occur in the
 > > window accessible to the various busses.  For an small overview:
 > 
 > Are you sure the limit isn't 1Gig?  I have a PWS with 1.5GB and on 
 > reporting crashes on boot with 4.7 to the list, I was told it was 
 > because fbsd doesn't have DMA bouncing or whatever to < 1GB (yet).

Its 1GB on most machines, 2GB on some newer ones.

And its not bouncing, its re-mapping.

Drew

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