Subject: Re: Miata 500a and NetBSD
To: Jochen Kunz <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/12/2001 15:32:48
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 02:25:55PM +0100, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:07:26AM -0700, RJ45 wrote:
> > I read of the problem of 64bit PCI slots, but if I use a PCI 32 bit card
> > inside the PCI 64 slot it should work anyway?
> I know only what is written in the FAQ. At least you schould not have
> any problems when you use only the 32 bit slots.
Use of the 64 bits slots avoids triggering the Pyxis DMA bug. And I
discovered on my 600au that I needed the VGA in the 64bits slots to
have SRM display anything on it to start with.
W/
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