From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 10 08:23:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA14288 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:23:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA14274 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:23:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0u71qR-000wxvC; Wed, 10 Apr 96 08:30 PDT Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA829149713; Wed, 10 Apr 96 07:10:23 PST Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 07:10:23 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9603108291.AA829149713@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: Michael Smith Cc: davidg@Root.COM, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Artisoft AE-3 Ethernet card: How to use large buffer? Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Ur, I don't think you copy. The 640-1024 physical address range is never > used by the kernel, and is reserved solely for access to peripherals. I'm still not 100% familiar with the way FreeBSD maps RAM. There are a lot of issues that are not covered in any of the docs; there's a "culture" -- or maybe an "oral tradition" -- behind them that can be tough to get a handle on. I'm still looking for a history of the effort, along with more information on the Berkeley "license" vs the GPL. --Brett