Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:38:14 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: FreeBSD alpha mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is XFree86 on FreeBSD/Alpha much slower? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112332001.420@tsunami.bsd> In-Reply-To: <15945.27540.655333.324376@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112042190.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.23721.759825.313603@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112129370.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.24538.794799.926276@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112147000.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.25465.768071.583030@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112200580.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.26349.357142.151047@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302112216160.294@tsunami.bsd> <15945.27540.655333.324376@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, the wise Andrew Gallatin spoke, and said: > > > Search for "set pci_device_override" at > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-alpha.html > > The bug in question occurrs when DMAing across a page boundary. > In my experience, this bug causes the machine to lock solid, not to > exhibit corruption. > > Like Fred said, its a graphics controller not a scsi adapter. Give it > a shot. Well, the Matrox is in a 64 bit slot now, and I have to say it's a big improvement! I did a 'set pci_device_override -1' in the console, and graphics performance in acrobat and gimp is a lot faster now. Thank you all for the tips. Marco -- Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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