On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:46:02 +0300, Jukka Marin <jmarin@embedtronics.fi>
wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 09:34:09AM +0200, Kurt Schreiner wrote:
> > > eap0 at pci1 dev 7 function 0: Ensoniq CT5880 CT5880-C (rev. 0x02)
> > > eap0: can't map i/o space
> > Is there some BIOS-goo to tell the machine where the "pci mem hole" has to
> > go? I'v had problems on an Opteron machine until this was set to something
> > NetBSD likes. (On this machine -a Sun Ultra40- "pci mem hole" must be set to
> > "software"...)
> 
> I can't find any such option - but, the problem went away when I ran suse
> linux for a while (I don't think running linux really changed anything,
> but since then, eap has worked).  I guess it's the phase of moon or
> something... ;-)

Did you do warm boots or cold boots after running Linux?  If a warm boot
works but a cold boot fails, it suggests that NetBSD isn't initializing
something properly.  
> 
> I tried the amd64 port (3.0.1), but starting X still reboots the system,
> so I guess I should finally settle with i386 port.  I just miss the 4 GB
> RAM (and the sound of "I'm running a 64-bit OS" ;-)
> 
>   -jm
> 


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