Subject: Re: ae driver probing max. 32k RAM -- why?
To: SUNAGAWA Keiki <Keiki_SUNAGAWA@yokogawa.co.jp>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/22/1999 02:40:15
> Allen> Hmmm...  I seem to recall having some problems with
> Allen> false-positives on 32k cards when I tried a similar
> Allen> patch several years ago.
> Wouldn't it avoid the problem that make these checks to use
> mac68k_bus_space_probe?

Not necessarily--for some cards, they do not decode all address lines,
so memory space appears large when it is really many copies of the same
memory.

> Allen> It's quite possible that there were other bogons in
> Allen> effect at the time, though.  If someone tries this
> Allen> patch with a 32k board and it works, then it looks
> Allen> good to me.  :-)
> Yup.  more tests, more stable.

Great!  If you send me your patch, we can put it in!

Thanks,
-allen