From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 28 20:32:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA29748 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail (mail.bcpl.lib.md.us [204.255.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA29743 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us by mail (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA04176; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:32:53 +0500 Received: by ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us with Microsoft Mail id <01BB654A.30C32020@ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us>; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:33:20 -0400 Message-Id: <01BB654A.30C32020@ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us> From: Anil John To: "'Greg Lehey'" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Compiling kernel for ATAPI CD-ROM error - fatal signal 11- what is it? Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:33:19 -0400 Encoding: 26 TEXT Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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