Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:11:39 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ray if_ray_oldcard.h if_ray.c if_rayvar.h Message-ID: <200101180411.f0I4BdK08452@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20010117234218.A10890@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 17 January 2001 at 9:55:01 -0800, Duncan Barclay wrote: > > dmlb 2001/01/17 09:55:01 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/dev/ray if_ray.c if_rayvar.h > > Added files: > > sys/dev/ray if_ray_oldcard.h > > Log: > > Take advantage of the fixes to the pcic code that allows multiple > > active memory maps. This removes the need to change the memory > > map from common to attribute every time a packet is sent/received. > > > > This increases performance and decreases cpu load (ping times on > > slow machines improve by about 1.5ms). > > > > Move out the old common memory/attrbiute memory hack functions to a > > new header file to tidy up the main code. I want to keep them available > > for a while. > > Does this require more than 48 kB total memory space? In that case, > it won't work on the Dell Inspiron 7500 unless we can somehow map > above 0xe0000. The only way I got the ray driver to work on the 7500 > was to map cm and am to the same address. If you use NEWCARD and -current, you can map these really high - beyond the end of memory. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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