Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:39:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (PROBLEM SOLVED) Re: restore to srm that doesn't.... (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9902020936560.10768-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9902011928410.15367-100000@feral-gw>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > An interesting FYI about CIA. Jay works at Digital.... > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:22:39 -0800 > From: Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> > To: mjacob@feral.com > Cc: linux-alpha@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: (PROBLEM SOLVED) Re: restore to srm that doesn't.... > > On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 05:15:40PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > cia0: using BWX for PCI config access > > Beware. Jay Estabrook told me the CIA-2 on the PC164 is buggy > with BWX I/O. The first core chipset to get it right was PYXIS. > > I don't know in what form the bugs appear -- I just took his word for it. > > > isp1 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 > > isp1: Board Revision 2100, loaded F/W Revision 1.15 > > isp1: Adapter WWN 0x200000e08b003c1f > > isp1: Firmware State Config Wait -> Waiting for AL/PA > > isp1: Firmware State Waiting for AL/PA -> Wait Login > > isp1: Firmware State Wait Login -> Ready > > isp1: Loop ID 113, ALPA 0x23 > > What's this card? > > > sio0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: Intel 82378ZB System I/O (SIO) (rev. 0x43) > > Yep, definitely a PC164. Wonder why the SRM isn't reporting the > right thing? > > Would you annotate get_cpuinfo() to report the numeric sys_variation? > Perhaps my ident data is off by one. We only use BWX for machines with PYXIS. As far as I know, all EB164 type machines with a subtype >= SV_ST_ALPHAPC164LX_400 should have PYXIS (this is the way NetBSD detected them and we do the same). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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