Subject: Re: aha1542.c DMA problem
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Torsten Duwe (Emacs) <duwe@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
List: current-users
Date: 04/15/1994 18:57:00
Manuel Bouyer writes:
 > Hi,
 > i've got a problem whith the aha1542.c driver.
[...]
 > sometines, all works fine.
 > 
 > sometimes, i get from aha0 a 'aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA' (depending on
 > how the malloc was performed, i think)
 > as i've only 16 Meg RAM
 > 
 > I am doing something wrong ?
 > I'm using the tar_files of Apr 10 (aha1542.c is Apr  9)
 > 
 > Here is what i get at boot: 
 > 
 >  CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU)
 >  real mem  = 16646144
 >  avail mem = 14553088
[...]
Here's my guess: Your real mem seems to be full 16M minus 128k of shadow ram
(Main+Video BIOS ?), so your chipset obviously is able to "remap" unused RAM
otherwise hidden in the 384k adaptor ROM space to the end of mem, which then
extends 16M.

	Torsten

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