Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:37:51 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> Cc: rupp@coredump.at, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha pws 500au and Matrox Millennium G450 (PCI) Message-ID: <20020611093751.A21492@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c2114f$14781da0$0b64a8c0@pootah>; from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au on Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:29:46PM %2B1000 References: <20020611105008.I21224-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20020611093822.B645@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20020611103349.A8003@cassandra.coredump.at> <000001c2114f$14781da0$0b64a8c0@pootah>
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> > Why? I thought that with the PWS you can only use those cards in the > > 64bit slots that SRM "knows"?! This is actually also my experience. > > The machine does not accept "unknown" cards in 64bit slots, while they > > may run fine in 32bit slots. > > Definately not the case. I have both a Matrox Millenium II and an Elsa > GLoria XL in the 64 bit slots on a PWS, and both FreeBSD and Linux boot > fine. I am pretty sure that what you mention is only the case for VMS and > Tru64. No, what he says is true -- it is an SRM issue, thus one that happens before any OS is loaded and affects us all. Also Matrox Millenium II and Elsa GLoria XL are well known by the Miata SRM. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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