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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 09:30:39 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net>
To:        beattie@aracnet.com (Brian Beattie)
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help - please... Adaptec 1542 and Exabyte tape problem...
Message-ID:  <199805211430.JAA11496@unix.tfs.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980416145549.14387A-100000@shell2.aracnet.com> from Brian Beattie at "Apr 16, 98 02:57:38 pm"

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In reply:
> On Wed, 20 May 1998, Jim Bryant wrote:
> 
> > In reply:
> > > 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).
> > > > 
> > 
> > crap..  i just sold my 1542cf for this very reason...  i was wanting
> > it to handle low-bandwidth stuff like the CD-ROM, M-O drive, and DDS-2
> > tape drive, but I kept getting the above messages...  now i've got a
> > heck of a lot of stuff hanging off my 2940UW...  i of course have
> > 'OPTION BOUNCE_BUFFERS' in my config...
> > 
> 
> I may be mistaken but I believe that the 2940UW is a PCI card.  That being
> the case it does not require bounce buffers.  The 2940UW is already
> supported by the CAM code.

actually, i had it (bounce buffers) in for the 1452cf, thinking things
would work like they used to...

jim
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