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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:31:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info>
Cc:        FreeBSD alpha mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Why is XFree86 on FreeBSD/Alpha much slower?
Message-ID:  <15945.27540.655333.324376@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112216160.294@tsunami.bsd>
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Marco Beishuizen writes:
 > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, the wise Andrew Gallatin spoke, and said:
 > 
 > >
 > > Marco Beishuizen writes:
 > >  >
 > >  > When I replaced the PowerStorm I did try the Matrox in the 64 bit slots
 > >  > but it didn't boot. It booted in the 32 bit slot, so I left it there.
 > >  >
 > >
 > > Search for "set pci_device_override" at
 > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-alpha.html
 > >
 > > Drew
 > 
 > Yes, but there is a warning that my data could 'mysteriously get mangled'
 > when using that. I'm not sure if that is a good idea.
 > 

The bug in question occurrs when DMAing across a page boundary.
In my experience, this bug causes the machine to lock solid, not to
exhibit corruption.

Like Fred said, its a graphics controller not a scsi adapter.  Give it
a shot.

Drew

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