Subject: Re: Network speed question...
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
From: Nathan Raymond <nate@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/07/1998 12:44:13
On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Allen Briggs wrote:
> > I'm curious about another thing. I have a MacCon Nubus NIC too. The
> > docs say that it has 64KB memory. The kernel reported it as only 32
> > KB. Is that a kernel limitation?
>
> Yes. It might be time to revisit this. If I recall correctly, the
> memory sizing code broke on some cards when we tried to probe for
> 64K. It misidentified some cards with 32k as having 64k, which caused
> unpleasantness... ;-)
Ahhh... I noticed this too. I have two Asante cards with 64k each that
are reported as 32k by NetBSD. I also have an Asante card with 128k
laying around, so don't leave that possibility out...
--
Nathan Raymond
http://www.everythingmac.com