From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 7 23:13:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA05530 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA05525 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:13:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA08948; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:09:59 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility To: cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:09:58 +0930 (CST) Cc: mc7953@mclink.it, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604080421.AAA02312@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> from "Carlos Ugarte" at Apr 8, 96 00:21:14 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Carlos Ugarte stands accused of saying: > I have the same motherboard, and an Adaptec 1542CF. There is a > problem with this board and DMA busmaster devices, which I think > the 2940 is (the 1542CF is a busmaster). The problem is not Don't confuse ISA busmasters and PCI busmasters. The 1542 is an ISA busmaster, and may have problems on the PVI486SP3 (I can't say, I've never tried). The 2940 is a PCI busmaster and I know for a fact that they work fine in that board. The 2940 _may_ have one of the buggy firmware revisions that cause drama with PnP motherboards; this should be checked with a call to Adaptec's tech support. > Carlos A. Ugarte cau@cc.gatech.edu -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[