Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:29:46 +1000 From: "Rob B" <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: <rupp@coredump.at>, "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alpha pws 500au and Matrox Millennium G450 (PCI) Message-ID: <000001c2114f$14781da0$0b64a8c0@pootah> References: <20020611105008.I21224-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20020611093822.B645@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20020611103349.A8003@cassandra.coredump.at>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <rupp@coredump.at> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: Re: Alpha pws 500au and Matrox Millennium G450 (PCI) > On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:38:22AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > ---[G450 in PWS]--- > > In which slot is it? If not in a 64 bit PCI slot please try it in that one. > > Why? I thought that with the PWS you can only use those cards in the > 64bit slots that SRM "knows"?! This is actually also my experience. > The machine does not accept "unknown" cards in 64bit slots, while they > may run fine in 32bit slots. Definately not the case. I have both a Matrox Millenium II and an Elsa GLoria XL in the 64 bit slots on a PWS, and both FreeBSD and Linux boot fine. I am pretty sure that what you mention is only the case for VMS and Tru64. Cheers, Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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