AS1200

Wilko Bulte wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Thu Apr 3 13:49:09 PST 2003


On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:35:40PM -0500, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 03:30:17PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

> > hose has its own address space, and has its own tree of pci buses.
> > Eg, hose 0 has a pci bus #0, and #1, etc, hose 1 has a pci bus #0, #1
> > #2, etc. The address space on hoses other than hose #0 is handled via
> > a hack in 4.x, and some boards don't work because of that.  This is
> > done right in 5.x
> 
> Good summary.  Thanks for the explanation; I appreciate that a great
> deal.  I'm getting more and more interested in finding architectureal
> documents--tons for the x86, of course.  But I'll go looking for some
> books or net articles before I officially ask for suggestions...  :)
> Afterall, I can't expect to get any real help if I'm not willing to do
> my homework.

Check the HARDWARE.TXT on an Freebsd/alpha CD near you. More recommended
reading on Alpha machines can be found on http://www.netbsd.org

And last but not least: by all means ask if need be.

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