Subject: Re: More pyxis/500a info..
To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
From: Jeff Roberson <nomad@nop.aliensystems.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/11/2000 22:52:31
I apologise for not replying sooner.  I just noticed this mail.  The
revision is B06.  I had to take half of the machine apart to get at that..

Thanks,
Jeff

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:48:48 +0100
> From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
> To: Jeff Roberson <nomad@nop.aliensystems.com>
> Cc: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: More pyxis/500a info..
> 
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 11:41:26PM -0800, Jeff Roberson wrote:
> > I tried forcing the rev to 2, and commenting out that one line which it
> > hangs on.  In both cases the kernel boots and detects all devices
> > succesfully, but in both cases I get weird errors accessing devices on the
> > PCI bus.  For instance, I can configure my nic, but I can not send any
> > data through it.  Does any one have any pointers to documentation for this
> > chipset?  And for these problems specifically?  I'm just poking around in
> > the dark here.  I'm going to look through the freebsd source tomorrow to
> > see if I can find anything particularly enlightening. 
> 
> Looking at it again: I don't understand why Jeff's Miata locks up whereas
> my Miata boots the same NetBSD floppy set just fine. Any chance you can 
> get me the hardware rev of the mainboard? It is something of the form
> A01 close to the 54-24767-02 partnumber sticker.
> 
> -- 
> Wilko Bulte 		Arnhem, The Netherlands	  - The FreeBSD Project 
>     			WWW : http://www.tcja.nl  http://www.freebsd.org
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