Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:31:00 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info> Cc: FreeBSD alpha mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is XFree86 on FreeBSD/Alpha much slower? Message-ID: <15945.27540.655333.324376@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112216160.294@tsunami.bsd> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112042190.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.23721.759825.313603@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112129370.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.24538.794799.926276@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112147000.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.25465.768071.583030@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112200580.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.26349.357142.151047@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112216160.294@tsunami.bsd>
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Marco Beishuizen writes: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, the wise Andrew Gallatin spoke, and said: > > > > > Marco Beishuizen writes: > > > > > > When I replaced the PowerStorm I did try the Matrox in the 64 bit slots > > > but it didn't boot. It booted in the 32 bit slot, so I left it there. > > > > > > > Search for "set pci_device_override" at > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-alpha.html > > > > Drew > > Yes, but there is a warning that my data could 'mysteriously get mangled' > when using that. I'm not sure if that is a good idea. > The bug in question occurrs when DMAing across a page boundary. In my experience, this bug causes the machine to lock solid, not to exhibit corruption. Like Fred said, its a graphics controller not a scsi adapter. Give it a shot. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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