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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:06:59 -0800
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT options.i386 src/sys/dev/aic7xxx aic7xxx.seq aic7xxx_reg.h src/sys/i386/scsi aic7xxx.c src/sys/pci aic7870.c 
Message-ID:  <199611180607.WAA14039@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:18:37 PST." <199611160218.SAA21585@vader.cs.berkeley.edu> 

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People using P6 systems that *require* memory mapped I/O, need to use
the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option now.  The logic was reversed because too many
older motherboards did not properly setup the memory mapped I/O so having
the driver favor this setting proved to be an "upgrade nightmare".

>Warning: I just got the dreaded "RAM parity error" again with these
>changes enabled.  People may want to pound on these extra hard (and
>with extra care, obviously).
>
>(I sent mail to Justin too but it seems he's already gone.)
>
>Satoshi

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Justin T. Gibbs
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  FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations
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