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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