From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jan 14 15:49:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C85414D03 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:49:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA02518; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:56:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200001142356.PAA02518@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: Wilko Bulte , FreeBSD-alpha mailing list Subject: Re: current shot at AlphaHW.txt In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:16:49 EST." <14462.16191.409234.724569@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:56:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Features: > > - 21264 EV6 at +++ MHz > > - dual CPU capable machine > > - +++ Mb L2 cache > > - memory bus: 256 bit ?+++ > > - memory: proprietary ?+++ DIMMs > > installed in sets of 4 > > uses ECC ?+++ > > 16 DIMM slots > > - 21271 Core Logic Chipset ("Tsunami") > > - expansion: 2 independent PCI buses (called hoses) > > 6 64-bit PCI slots (3/hose) > > 1 ISA slot > > > > Case: > > DS20 is housed in a fat minitower-like enclosure. The enclosure also > > contains a StorageWorks SCSI hotswap shelf for a maximum of 7 3.5" SCSI > > devices. > > > > CPU: > > DS20 can have a maximum of 2 CPUs installed. FreeBSD/alpha is not currently > > SMP-capable and will only use one CPU. > > The NCR quirk should be moved out of the monet section, it applies to > all multi-hose machines (eg DS20, dp264 & UP2000). The DS20 ships > with an NCR card in a pci slot on hose1, so one has to open the case & > move the board to get FreeBSD booting. > > I think that the DS20's nickname is "goldrush" > > Notice the above edits about having 2 hoses, 3 pci slots / hose Note also that the onboard Adaptec controller on the DS20 is disabled when you're running FreeBSD, and can't be used. It'd be nice to see how they do that so we could reverse it... The onboard Adaptec on the dp264 is not bootable, but does work with FreeBSD (4.0 and later). -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message