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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:44:53 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <kpieckiel@smartrafficenter.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AS1200
Message-ID:  <20030403214453.GB7702@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20030403213540.GD90878@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org>
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:35:40PM -0500, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 03:30:17PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

> > hose has its own address space, and has its own tree of pci buses.
> > Eg, hose 0 has a pci bus #0, and #1, etc, hose 1 has a pci bus #0, #1
> > #2, etc. The address space on hoses other than hose #0 is handled via
> > a hack in 4.x, and some boards don't work because of that.  This is
> > done right in 5.x
> 
> Good summary.  Thanks for the explanation; I appreciate that a great
> deal.  I'm getting more and more interested in finding architectureal
> documents--tons for the x86, of course.  But I'll go looking for some
> books or net articles before I officially ask for suggestions...  :)
> Afterall, I can't expect to get any real help if I'm not willing to do
> my homework.

Check the HARDWARE.TXT on an Freebsd/alpha CD near you. More recommended
reading on Alpha machines can be found on http://www.netbsd.org

And last but not least: by all means ask if need be.

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|   / o / /_  _   		wilko@FreeBSD.org
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