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Date:      Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:45:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com>
To:        Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
Cc:        Kerry Morse <kerry.morse@metro.tas.com.au>, "'freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Help - please... Adaptec 1542 and Exabyte tape problem...
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980416094305.4146A-100000@shell2.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980415225257.15072A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>

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On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Tom wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Kerry Morse wrote:
> 
> > Apr 16 13:35:05 proxy /kernel: aha0: DMA beyond end Of ISA: 0x357cd10
> 
>   Bounce buffers are required to DMA above the 16MB for ISA devices.
> However, bounce buffers do not work for the aha driver (it is unclear
> whether the driver or the bounce buffers are broken).
> 
>   This is any old problem.  See the archives.  It seems that any developer 
> who has more than 16MB of RAM has also decided to upgrade to non-ISA
> controllers.
> 

I am planning to implement the aha1542 controller under the new CAM
interface.  I have more than 16MB and plan to ensure bounce buffers work.


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