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Date:      Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:43:24 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        dmaddox@scsn.net
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, dmaddox@scsn.net, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us, doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: code talks:  announcing EIDE bus master patches
Message-ID:  <199707310313.MAA25339@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <19970730155201.26891@scsn.net> from "Donald J. Maddox" at "Jul 30, 97 03:52:01 pm"

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Donald J. Maddox stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > Turn on IDE busmastering in your BIOS.  Note the syntax of the warning
> > "not configured".  That's a message from the chipset driver daying
> > "why is this channel not configured for DMA?".  It should probably
> > just list the ports on which DMA is available and enabled/not enabled,
> > but this is, after all, only beta-level code.
> 
>     There is no such option that I can see in my BIOS setup.  I am using an
> ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mainboard with BIOS version 2.047, but I can't recall ever
> seeing any such option in a BIOS from ASUS.

Then ignore the warnings and be happy; that's all they are.

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