From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Jan 17 10:38:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA18312 for smp-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:38:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA18307 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA19002; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:37:07 -0700 Message-Id: <199701171837.LAA19002@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 From: Steve Passe To: Terry Lambert cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 3940UW and SMP In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:03:41 MST." <199701171803.LAA08745@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:37:06 -0700 Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Terry said: > One caveat: the system may not "know" a card is inserted in slot 5 > if there is not a card inserted in slot 4 (depending on how frobbed > together the hardware is). I don't think we are having this problem. > ... It used to be that FreeBSD couldn't handle > more than one PCI card in one of these machines because the drivers > couldn't do "shared". > > Since the FreeBSD drivers have since been fixed, I don't understand > the "conflict"... is it that there are one or more drivers that > *haven't* been fixed? All of the drivers should be able to share > interrupts. This confuses me also. We were fighting several problems at the same time, so that might not really be the case, ie SHARING might NOT have been a problem. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzHe7tEAAAEEAM274wAEEdP+grIrV6UtBt54FB5ufifFRA5ujzflrvlF8aoE 04it5BsUPFi3jJLfvOQeydbegexspPXL6kUejYt2OeptHuroIVW5+y2M2naTwqtX WVGeBP6s2q/fPPAS+g+sNZCpVBTbuinKa/C4Q6HJ++M9AyzIq5EuvO0a8Rr9AAUR tBlTdGV2ZSBQYXNzZSA8c21wQGNzbi5uZXQ+ =ds99 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----