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Date:      Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:09:58 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        cau@cc.gatech.edu (Carlos Ugarte)
Cc:        mc7953@mclink.it, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility
Message-ID:  <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199604080421.AAA02312@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> from "Carlos Ugarte" at Apr 8, 96 00:21:14 am

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Carlos Ugarte stands accused of saying:
> I have the same motherboard, and an Adaptec 1542CF.  There is a
> problem with this board and DMA busmaster devices, which I think
> the 2940 is (the 1542CF is a busmaster).  The problem is not

Don't confuse ISA busmasters and PCI busmasters.  The 1542 is an ISA
busmaster, and may have problems on the PVI486SP3 (I can't say, I've
never tried).  The 2940 is a PCI busmaster and I know for a fact
that they work fine in that board.  

The 2940 _may_ have one of the buggy firmware revisions that cause drama
with PnP motherboards; this should be checked with a call to Adaptec's
tech support.

> Carlos A. Ugarte                                cau@cc.gatech.edu

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