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Date:      Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:38:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte)
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        cau@cc.gatech.edu, mc7953@mclink.it, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility
Message-ID:  <199604081338.JAA09075@oscar.cc.gatech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 8, 96 04:09:58 pm

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> Carlos Ugarte stands accused of saying:
> > I have the same motherboard, and an Adaptec 1542CF.  There is a
> > problem with this board and DMA busmaster devices, which I think
> > the 2940 is (the 1542CF is a busmaster).  The problem is not
> 
> Don't confuse ISA busmasters and PCI busmasters.  The 1542 is an ISA
> busmaster, and may have problems on the PVI486SP3 (I can't say, I've
> never tried).  The 2940 is a PCI busmaster and I know for a fact
> that they work fine in that board.  

Really?  Guess it's only ISA and VLB busmasters, then.  I've
heard of folks with the 284x series who had the same problems I
did, so I assumed it was across the board.

Carlos

> ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au    [[

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Carlos A. Ugarte                                cau@cc.gatech.edu
Author of PageMage, a virtual desktop util for OS/2
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/cau/
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