From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 1 21:04:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA24651 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 21:04:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA24583; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 21:03:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA21797; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 21:03:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611020503.VAA21797@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Denis DeLaRoca 825-4580 (310) cc: hackers@FREEBSD.ORG, multimedia@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matrox Meteor and PPRO problem found In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:57:00 PST." <199611011958.LAA19891@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 21:03:46 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-hackers@FREEBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >From The Desk Of Denis DeLaRoca 825-4580 : > > Intel and Matrox have jointly confirmed the cause of the recently reported > > issue between the Matrox Meteor graphics adapter board and the Intel 440FX > > chipset. The root cause is an illegal PCI signal generated by the PCI > > interface chip on the adapter board. This is not an Intel Pentium(R) Pro > > processor or an Intel 440FX chipset issue. > > Presumably the same illegal PCI signal is being generated on other > PCI motherboards but they do not fail, is only the 440FX chipset the > one complaining? > > -- Denis > I guess at this stage is to find out from Matrox what exactly is the deal as for a software work around : there is none at this time nor do I think that there will be one. When I ask Intel if there was something that I could do over here it was a sharp and quick *NO*. So far the matrox meteor hard crashing the system is isolated to 440fx (Natoma chipsets) based motherboards. Cheers, Amancio