From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jun 11 20: 7:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta04.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045DD37B406; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:07:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020612030748.NEUO27618.mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:07:48 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020612122740.01bf2240@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:08:51 +1000 To: obrien@freebsd.org From: Rob B Subject: Re: Alpha pws 500au and Matrox Millennium G450 (PCI) Cc: rupp@coredump.at, Wilko Bulte , freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20020611093751.A21492@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <000001c2114f$14781da0$0b64a8c0@pootah> <20020611105008.I21224-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20020611093822.B645@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20020611103349.A8003@cassandra.coredump.at> <000001c2114f$14781da0$0b64a8c0@pootah> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:37 12/06/2002, David O'Brien sent this up the stick: > > > Why? I thought that with the PWS you can only use those cards in the > > > 64bit slots that SRM "knows"?! This is actually also my experience. > > > The machine does not accept "unknown" cards in 64bit slots, while they > > > may run fine in 32bit slots. > > > > Definately not the case. I have both a Matrox Millenium II and an Elsa > > GLoria XL in the 64 bit slots on a PWS, and both FreeBSD and Linux boot > > fine. I am pretty sure that what you mention is only the case for VMS and > > Tru64. > >No, what he says is true -- it is an SRM issue, thus one that happens >before any OS is loaded and affects us all. Also Matrox Millenium II and >Elsa GLoria XL are well known by the Miata SRM. While the Matrox might be known, the Elsa card is not. The GLoria Synergy is known to SRM, but not the XL. As an aside, but could be related, I was having all sorts of problems with my Miata under Linux using the GLoria XL card, ie: it took nearly 10 minutes to boot, and threw up machine checks whenever I changed virtual terminals or the screenblanker kicked in. These problems do not occur under FreeBSD. I swapped the Elsa out for a Millenium II and the machine checks no longer occur. Weird. cheers, Rob -- Actors will happen in the best-regulated families. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 134 of a collection of 1251 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message