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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: AHA 2940UW? Linux works..
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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