Subject: Re: Minimum MicroVAX 3100/20 kernel config?
To: None <buckel@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/09/1999 05:54:22
>
> Yow!
>
> >>>>> "Anders" == Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se> writes:
>
> >> Speaking of DMA and the VS2000: Any chance for DMA support in
> >> the near future? I turned green (because of envy) after I saw
> >> what the SCSIDMA-kernel can do on a friend's 3100...
> >>
> Anders> Yes, there are a chance for DMA support in the near future
>
> You mean RSN? Oh, joy! I'll start filling my virtual fridge with
> virtual beer, then ;)
>
Well, I prefer real beers. Actually :-)
> Anders> :-) I'll just have to hook up one of my VS2000's so I can
> Anders> test it. No MFM yet, though.
>
> Tha wise man (TM) netboots and uses SCSI afterwards. But I'm really
> curious magnitudes of speedup will kick in once DMA power is
> unleashed...
>
I assume that you will get a couple of 100k/s out of it anyway :-)
-- Ragge