Subject: Re: Tekram dc390f and AS200
To: Nick <nmanisca@vt.edu>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/12/2000 21:01:03
On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:58:27PM -0400, Nick wrote:

 > > No, it reports the rigth speed. It's because ncr doesn't explicitely
 > > enable the clock doubler (done by the BIOS on PCs), so you're
 > > not getting Ultra, only wide.
 > 
 > Are you saying that I cannot get ultra with my tekram on an alpha?  I
 > noticed that FreeBSD did set the transfer rate to 20MHz (ultra), think
 > it is possible to get 20MHz with the NetBSD ncr driver?  or should i use
 > siop?

What he's saying is that `ncr' would not enable Ultra, but `siop' will.
`ncr' relied on the BIOS to do it, but the BIOS on the card is not run
on Alpha systems.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>