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...

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Nathan Raymond
http://www.everythingmac.com