Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 07:42:11 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, brandon@glacier.cold.org, BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com, rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AHA 2940UW? Linux works.. Message-ID: <199612302042.HAA08475@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Hasn't FreeBSD always handled [buggy RZ100's] without doing anything >> special? > >Not for me. I've had to shut off read-aheads via the BIOS on all the >motherboards with this version of the chip. How did you test that this was necessary? >Red Hat Linux boots with a message warning you about the problem, and shuts >off read-aheads itself. FreeBSD never had the problem AFAIK. The Linux driver is more aggressive. Bruce
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