5.3 beta1 is no go for me.

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Mon Aug 30 05:09:03 PDT 2004


On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 01:48:22PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote..
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 01:36:09PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 01:22:21PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > > In message <20040830105358.GH59909 at cicely12.cicely.de>, Bernd Walter writes:
> > > 
> Mmmm - I oversaw that you have an additional PCI bus with a bridged
> device on it.
> Damn - you said that you can't open the maschine as I would suggest
> moving the card into a slot on the primary bus or keep it out.
> 
> Wilko,  I heard rumours that you've send Poul the box?

Correct.

> Did it ever run FreeBSD before?

Yes, it did. 

> I can at least tell for shure that we have some bugs in alpha PCI code
> that showed up on the AS4100 with a bridged card in the secondary bus
> in that access was tried through the primary bus.
> I think bridged cards are supported at the primary bus only right now.

FWIW: that is also what the DEC^W^CPQ^HP configuration rules tell you to
do. I think even the de(4)/dc(4) needed to be on the primary bus.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org


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