Subject: Re: netbsd-sparc on a Solbourne S4000?
To: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@theos.com>
From: David Jones <dej@eecg.toronto.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/31/1995 20:11:31
> a driver that doesn't do dma, and performs it's operations somewhat
> syncronously. from what i've heard, you can expect to see rather
> serious performance degredation using the amiga drivers.
The Amiga 3393 driver DOES do DMA.
It does not do disconnect/reconnect, but that is being worked on.
On some Amigas, sync doesn't work well; this is due to microcode bugs in
the 3393.
I get the same performance from the NetBSD driver as I do from the AmigaDOS
driver.
What's the problem here?
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