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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:28:36 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser)
Cc:        gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, rjk@sparcmill.grauel.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: One problem && one question
Message-ID:  <199602131728.JAA02469@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602131630.AA09319@Sysiphos> from "Stefan Esser" at Feb 13, 96 05:30:13 pm

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> 
> On Feb 13,  8:10, "Justin T. Gibbs" wrote:
> } Subject: Re: One problem && one question
> } >On Feb 13,  9:39, Richard J Kuhns wrote:
> } >} Subject: Re: One problem && one question
> } >} Justin T. Gibbs writes:
> } >}  > Patch round two:
> } >} 
> } >} Sorry, still no cigar.  I rebooted this machine several times this morning,
> } >} trying to copy the boot messages.  I guess I'd better set up a minimal
> } >} configuration to test this so the bt messages will remain on-screen.
> } >} 
> } >} At any rate, I believe it looked like:
> } >} 
> } >} <Buslogic id info>  int a irq 10 pci 0:13
> } >}   mapreg[10] type 1 addr 0x00006000 size ffff0004
> } >} bt0: Invalid base address
> } >
> } >The region size calculation seems broken!
> } 
> } The driver only cares about the I/O port, which isn't reported above.  I've
> } seen boot -v output from bt946 cards before, and they at least report a
> } sane I/O port address like 0x330 (when listed as a device without a driver)
> 
> The BIOS is free to assign any port address, and 
> 0x330 seems to be reasonable to emulate the ISA
> version of the card ...

And if you have a revision E card and turn off the ISA ``assign standard I/O
port'' in the bios it will come up with something in the more normal PCI
I/O address range.



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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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