Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:33:19 -0400 From: Anil John <ajohn@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us> To: "'Greg Lehey'" <grog@lemis.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Compiling kernel for ATAPI CD-ROM error - fatal signal 11- what is it? Message-ID: <01BB654A.30C32020@ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us>
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Greg Lehey[SMTP:grog@lemis.de] wrote: > >OK, at a guess I'd change these ones: > >> Cache Timing Control: Normal*/Fast/Turbo >> DRAM Timing Control: Normal*/Fast >> Fast DRAM: Enabled/Disabled* > >If that fixes the problem, it will also slightly slow down the machine >(probably not enough to be noticable). If you really want to squeeze >out the last 0.5% performance, you can then gradually try speeding >things up. The trouble is, you can easily get the machine into a >marginally unstable situation where it fails in strange ways only when >your back it turned. > It works!!! I just compiled a new kernel with no problem...Actually what I did was use the BIOS defaults for that page which included the above settings...I really did not see any visible performance hits. So I think I'll leave it where it is... Greg, thanks for all of your help... Anil
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