Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 12:37:46 +0300 (MSK) From: "Alexander V. Tischenko" <flash@hway.ru> To: Max Khon <max@iclub.nsu.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM PC 350 P100 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971120123306.647A-100000@flash.intech.hway.ru> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971120125552.16957A-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Max Khon wrote: > Hi, there! > > i've got several IBM PC 350 P100 workstations (P100, 82437FX (Triton), S3 > Trio 64V+ onboard, 16(32)M, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 kbd, AMD PCNet/PCI based > network card) > > 3.0-CURRENT: > everything works fine (raw ftp ~900-950K/s) > > 2.2.5-STABLE: > - cannot shutdown properly (do not sync disks) - KBD_BROKEN_RESET does > not help > - raw ftp throughput is about 20-30K/s. lnc driver works with AMD > PCNet/PCI cards in 16-bit mode. i wrote device driver which works with AMD > PCNet/PCI in 32-bit mode - does not help. this is not BOUNCE_BUFFERS > problem as someone noticed earlier, because > 1) i tried this on workstations with 16M > 2) on workstations with 32M i tried both lnc with 'option BOUNCE_BUFFERS' > in kernel config and my own driver which does not need BOUNCE_BUFFERS > > any comments? > Concerning lnc: While in the age of 2.1-... i've got the PC-Net/PCI driver working (breed from linux of my own). The problem of working/notworking was purely in alignment (AMD's are a bit crazy on that, not bounce buffers. If you want to have a look, drop me a note, i'll give it to you. Also William D. Ward <euswdwj@exu.ericsson.se> is investigating the problems with AMD drivers right now. Manuals on AMD chips you may get on AMD itself or http://www.hway.ru/~flash/amd/ > /max > > PS with both 2.2.5-STABLE and 3.0-CURRENT sometimes monitor looses sync > while booting (IBM G50) > >
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