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author | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-22 18:09:37 +0000 |
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committer | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-22 18:09:37 +0000 |
commit | 202a98a3510925704c7d4acef402a555ee2bbf3f (patch) | |
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Update 164SX section with newly acquired insights.
Submitted by: Sten <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index 7c8ffa498728..4339a11a5974 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> <para>Symbios 53C825[a] will also work as boot adapter. Diamond FirePort, although based on Symbios chips, is not bootable by the PC164SX SRM. PC164SX is reported to boot fine with Symbios825, - Symbios875 and Symbios876 based cards. In addition, Adaptec + Symbios875, Symbios895 and Symbios876 based cards. In addition, Adaptec 2940U and 2940UW are reported to work for booting (verified on SRM V5.7-1). Adaptec 2930U2 and 2940U2[W] do not work.</para> @@ -1372,6 +1372,17 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting> <para>In summary: this family of machines is <quote>blessed</quote> with a challenging compatibility as far as SCSI adapters go.</para> + <para>On 164SX you can have a maximum of 1 Gbyte of RAM. 4 regular + 256MB PC133 ECC DIMMs are reported to work just fine. Whether 512MB + DIMMs will also work is currently unknown.</para> + + <para>PCI bridge chips are sometimes not appreciated by the 164SX, + they cause SRM errors and kernel panics in those cases. This seems + to depend on the fact if the card is recognised, and therefore + correctly initialised, by the SRM console. The 164SX' onboard + IDE interface is quite slow, a Promise card gives a 3-4 times + speed improvement.</para> + <para>On PC164 the SRM sometimes seems to loose its variable settings. <quote>For PC164, current superstition says that, to avoid losing settings, you want to first downgrade to SRM 4.x and then upgrade to 5.x.</quote> |