Subject: Re: ThunderLan network Card
To: Steve Foster <spindle@ore.ananova.net>
From: Gerald Heinig <Gerald.Heinig@ngi.de>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 01/23/2002 21:38:30
Steve Foster wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 08:18:00PM +0100, Gerald Heinig wrote:
> > It depends on the HPC chip version in your Challenge S.
> > I believe there are 3 versions of this beast (HPC). Version 1 (in Indigo
> > 3k), version 1.5 (Indigo R4000) and HPC 3 (Indy, Indigo 2).
> > If your Challenge has an HPC 1.5, then there are some not insubstantial
> > differences in memory addresses. The DMA data structure is also
> > _slightly_ different. Nothing to get worked up about, but not a simple
> > block displacement of memory addresses either.
> 
> Well have just opened the box up and I have got a:
> 
> HPC3 Rev A
> 
> So what sort of problems does this stir up? Major ones or Minor ones?

I've just had a look at the mail archives to find out what this thread
is actually about :-)
It's nothing to do with HPC 1.5

My mail is a complete red herring, sorry for the noise.

Gerald