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Date:      Wed, 22 May 2002 10:54:47 +0000 (UTC)
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 164SX Hardware notes
Message-ID:  <acftdn$122t$2@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44-Blink.0205220101400.13076-100000@deepthought.blinkenlights.nl>

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Sten <sten@blinkenlights.nl> wrote:

> Nics :
> Beware of dual port nic's with pci bridge chips.
> I got one that really kills my alpha ( openboot errors and
> fbsd kernel crashes during boot ).

I have a DEC card that has 1*de+2*isp (!) behind a PCI bridge.  SRM
happily recognizes all of these devices.  I think a generic warning
about cards using PCI-PCI bridges is inappropriate.

(For those who notice that I've never mentioned a PC164SX before:
It's running OpenBSD.)

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de


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