Linux-Hardware Digest #200, Volume #10 Mon, 10 May 99 10:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux on dual Pentium system (Swietanowski Artur)
Re: DLT4000+Adatec AHA-2940U2W=BIOS NOT INSTALLED!?!? (Gerhard Wesser)
Re: Linux on dual Pentium system (Gerhard Wesser)
Newby tries to install Soundblaster16 ("Andreas Matthies")
Re: Help with sound driver startup (Janos Ero)
Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help (JaZZman)
Help to configure sound. (Alexander Dymerets)
Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help ("C. E. Scheetz")
yamaha724 (Piotr)
Linux on dual Pentium system (Janos Ero)
Re: Linux display driver for Matrox G200 (Janos Ero)
Seagete Hornet NS 8 (Phil Wood)
Re: FS Something for everyone TXT Version Prt 4 ("Tony")
Nvidia Riva TNT AGP card ? ("Ray")
Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help (JaZZman)
PCI internal modem ("Marco Borra")
Re: pci chip driver (Wesley Hosking)
Re: PCI internal modem (Rob Clark)
Re: Kernel Module driver (Bengt Öhman)
Re: pnp problems - ess1868 & Ethernet (DLucido)
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From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on dual Pentium system
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:18:42 +0200
Janos Ero wrote:
>
> Is there a possibility to reconfigure my Linux for
> using both processors - without recompiling the Kernel?
Unless it was already compiled with SMP support, no.
RedHat and Mandrake include kernel RPM's with SMP support, which
means you don't have to recompile.
HTH,
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Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
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From: Gerhard Wesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DLT4000+Adatec AHA-2940U2W=BIOS NOT INSTALLED!?!?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:25:44 +0100
Hello dear Dan,
i have noticed that youre' use an external scsi cable to join teh DLT drive
to the
server system. Well i had also some major problems with an external device
connect
to an Adaptec controller. In this curcumstance it's absolute required that the
cable is specified
for FAST-SCSI-II environment.
In addition, if your are use a wide-scsi device with an narrow-scsi device on
the same channel,
the 8bit device does'nt support termination power and termination.
The ADapter setup must be configured to "disabled wide-scsi negotination" and
reduce the xfer speed
to the used device adress.
I will hope that helps you.....maybe disable reset at power-on on adapter
setup
Gerhard Wesser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan Poynor wrote:
> I'm trying to connect an external Quantum DLT4000 tape drive to my
> Intel/Linux server for backups.
>
> Currently I have a Adaptec AHA-290U2W card installed with my 2.0.36 kernel
> and have run into a "BIOS NOT INSTALLED" error on boot with the DLT drive
> connected using a new cable. If I hit F1 to continue I get some DHCP and
> PXE messages before "Operating System no found" and a hang. I've checked
> termination and the SCSI id and pooked around the Bios Setup screens with
> no luck. If I disconnect the SCSI cable every works great as before.
>
> Below I've noted some specifics of my current driver. I'm thinking of
> upgrading to the 2.2.7 kernel but not sure that would help with my
> situation. If anyone has ideas on how I might resolve this it would be a
> big help.
>
> Cheers,
> DAN
>
> [root@server /usr]# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0
> Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.2/3.2.4
> Compile Options:
> AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 15
> AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING: Adapter Support Enabled
> Check below to see which
> devices use tagged queueing
> AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE : Enabled (This is no longer an option)
> AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Disabled
>
> Adapter Configuration:
> SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra2 SCSI host adapter
> Ultra2-LVD/SE Wide Controller
> PCI MMAPed I/O Base: 0xf4100000
> Adapter SEEPROM Config: SEEPROM found and used.
> Adaptec SCSI BIOS: Enabled
> IRQ: 15
> SCBs: Active 0, Max Active 2,
> Allocated 15, HW 32, Page 255
> Interrupts: 25847
> BIOS Control Word: 0x18a5
> Adapter Control Word: 0x1c4c
> Extended Translation: Enabled
> Disconnect Enable Flags: 0xffff
> Ultra Enable Flags: 0x0000
>
> [root@server /usr]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09V Rev: 0100
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
> Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09V Rev: 0100
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S Rev: 1.01
> Type: CD-ROM
> Tag Queue Enable Flags: 0x0000
> Ordered Queue Tag Flags: 0x0000
> Default Tag Queue Depth: 8
> Tagged Queue By Device array for aic7xxx host instance 0:
> {255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}
> Actual queue depth per device for aic7xxx host instance 0:
> {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}
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From: Gerhard Wesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on dual Pentium system
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:32:49 +0100
NO
Janos Ero wrote:
> Is there a possibility to reconfigure my Linux for
> using both processors - without recompiling the Kernel?
>
> Janos Ero
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From: "Andreas Matthies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newby tries to install Soundblaster16
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:46:57 +0200
Hi,
I'm using SUSE6.1 with kernal 2.2.5 and I try to install support for my
Soundblaster16 (no pnp). How do I have to configure the kernal? Which
modules are needed. If I load the sb-module with
modprobe sb io=0x0220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x0330
nothing happens. If I load it with insmod ... there are several messages
"unknown symbol..." or something like that. I found some postings about
Soundblaster, where the adlib-modul is loaded. Do I need to load this
module?
Thanks for helping a newby.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Janos Ero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with sound driver startup
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:08:50 +0200
Eric Lee Green wrote:
>
> On Fri, 07 May 1999 09:43:24 +0200, Janos Ero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >To start my ALSA sound driver I have to type
> >/sbin/modprobe snd-audiopci
> >/sbin/modprobe snd-pcm1-oss
> >
> >I can do this only as root.
> >
> >I tried to install an automatic
> >activation in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
> >and another in /etc/rc.d/init.d
> >but it failed. It did not install
> >the driver but even caused strange
> >ststem behavior. (once the network
> >connection disappeared!)
> >
> >Question: what should I do to
> >automatize the installation?
>
> What distribution of Linux?
>
> I ran the "alsaconf" script on my Red Hat 6.0 system here at home and it
> put a bunch of stuff in my /etc/conf.modules that made the modules
> auto-insert when the system booted. I think it'll work that way on Red
> Hat 5.2 also, though I don't have a 5.2 system to try it on. Anyhow, I
> just made sure I had 'sound' enabled in 'linuxconf', and it worked.
>
> "alsaconf" is available from the ALSA home page at
> http://www.alsa-project.org .
Thank you for the help. Indeed, I have forgotten to download
alsaconf. Now it is working, both the CD player and the
Media Player, that was not working before. Still need to
run "amixer" as the KDE mixer cannot unmute the channels.
Thanks again,
Janos Ero
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From: JaZZman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:02:37 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Brown-Bayliss) wrote:
>Hi, has anyone got a working solution that a newbie could follow? =20
>
Yes use a kernel before 2.1.32.. or less than 16Mb in your system..
The problem is the 1 DMA channel limit of the newer kernels if you have m=
ore
than 16Mb in your computer. the older kernels do not have that problem.
>--=20
>Rob
>
>http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bayliss
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From: Alexander Dymerets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help to configure sound.
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:48:40 +0300
Hi, All!
I have sound card with OPTi930 chipset and I can't configure it
in RH5.2. When system boots I get the following messages:
no dependency information on mad16.o
no dependency information on opl3.o
.config
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m
CONFIG_SOUND_MSS=m
CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16=m
CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m
conf.modules
alias sound mad16
alias midi opl3
options sb mad16=1
options opl3 io=0x388
options mad16 io=0x530 irq=9 dma=0,3 mpu_io=0x300 mpu_irq=5 joystick=1
Alexander
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From: "C. E. Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 06:18:40 +0000
JaZZman wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Brown-Bayliss) wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Brown-Bayliss) wrote:
> >> >Hi, has anyone got a working solution that a newbie could follow? =20
> >> >
> >> Yes use a kernel before 2.1.32.. or less than 16Mb in your system..
> >> The problem is the 1 DMA channel limit of the newer kernels if you have m=
> >> ore
> >> than 16Mb in your computer. the older kernels do not have that problem.
> >
> >Could I not add another DMA channel? If so, what steps do I need to re-
> >compile?
> >
Not true - I am using mine with kernel 2.2.6. Redhats sound config likes to set
up the dma like this:
dma=0,3
It works if you configure the dma like this:
dma=0 dma2=3
Chris Scheetz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> I tried it as the How-to describes but nothing.. keep getting the error "to
> many DMA channels needed"
>
> >Thanks
> >
> >--
> >Rob
> >
> >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bayliss
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From: Piotr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: yamaha724
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:34:33 +0200
I've red-hat 5.2 and I have a problem with Yamaha Soundsystem 724.
I can't install this card. Please help me.
pawels.
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From: Janos Ero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on dual Pentium system
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:28:58 +0200
Is there a possibility to reconfigure my Linux for
using both processors - without recompiling the Kernel?
Janos Ero
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From: Janos Ero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux display driver for Matrox G200
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:30:38 +0200
Morten Eriksen wrote:
>
> Does anybody know how where to find and how to install subject ?
The svga driver of the XFree 3.3.3 does the job well.
Some people reported problems with earlier XFree versions.
Janos Ero
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From: Phil Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Seagete Hornet NS 8
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:18:00 +0100
Hi
Does anyone have any experience of using a Seagate Hornet/TapeStor 8 NS
tape drive under linux? Their web page claims that it will do hardware
compression and read after write, but it isn't clear if you need special
software to access these functions. Does anyone know if these are
available under linux - if they aren't I'll get the plain Hornet 8. Also
this drive is available with SCSI or ATAPI interfaces, are there any
advantages to using SCSI for such a low bandwidth device, especially as I
would have to buy a SCSI interface card for it? Are there any other tape
drives worth considering in a similar (about 200 uk pounds) price bracket?
Thanks
Phil Wood
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
aus.ads.forsale.computers.used,aus.ads.wanted,aus.computers.linux,linux.samba
Subject: Re: FS Something for everyone TXT Version Prt 4
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:23:50 +1000
No just trying to get in my lounge room !!
it's kinda full <grin>
TONY
Andrew Reynolds wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Are you in Melbourne?
>
>Andrew
>
>PS - Do you own a warehouse or something? :)
>
>Tony wrote:
>
>> CASES
>>
>> <<SLIM>>
>>
>> 2 x Very Slimline 3/4 Floppy high includes PSU
>> 1 x Normal Slimline includes PSU
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<DESKTOP>>
>>
>> 1 x Desktop MaCase
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<TOWER>>
>>
>> 1 x Full Tower MaCase
>> 1 x Full Tower
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<OTHER>>
>>
>> 1 x Server Case - Holds 2 Complete Systems ie 2xMboard 2xPSU lots of
HDD's
>> 2xFloppy "LARGE"
>>
>> 1 x Compaq Raid Case - Holds 7xSCSI HDD's Hot Swap
>> 2 x Compaq Raid Case - Holds 7xSCSI WIDE HDD's Hot Swap
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> CDROM DRIVES
>>
>> <<SCSI>>
>>
>> 1 x NEC Multispin 2 speed (caddy)
>> 1 x Compaq 2 Speed (tray)
>> 1 x Sony 12 speed (tray)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<OTHER>>
>>
>> 1 x CDA268-01A ?? speed mitsumi/panasonic/sony ?? (sound card type)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> CABLES
>>
>> <<Printer>>
>>
>> Internal & External
>> Laplink, Extension, Switchbox etc
>> Various types all different lengths
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<Serial>>
>>
>> Internal & External
>> Various types all different lengths
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> <<SCSI>>
>>
>> SCSI 50 pin Ribbon cables all different lengths and No of connectors
>> Centronics to Centronics
>> Honda 50 to Centronics
>> Centronics to Honda 50
>> Honda 50 to Honda 68
>> Honda 50 to Honda 50
>> DB25 to Centronics
>> all different lengths
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<IDE>>
>>
>> Internal Ribbon cables all different lengths and No of connectors
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<POWER>>
>>
>> Internal Splitters
>> External Splitters ie one PC to power two monitors (nice)
>> Internal & External Various types all different lengths
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> BACKUP DRIVES
>>
>> <<QIC>>
>>
>> 1 x Exabyte 4.4gig QIC TR3
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<DAT>>
>>
>> 1 x Sony SDT2000 DAT 1/2gig
>> 1 x Sony SDT5000 DAT 4/8gig
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<RARE>>
>>
>> 1 x 20meg SCSI Floptical (reads and writes 1.44's as well)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> OTHER STUFF
>>
>> <<GAMES>>
>>
>> 1 x Thrusmaster GrandPrix Wheel Combo
>> 1 x Microsoft Sidewinder Joystick (digital)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<DAT TAPES>>
>>
>> 15 x 90m
>> 6 x 120m
>> 1 x DAT Cleaner (used once only)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<SWITCH BOX>>
>>
>> 1 x Parallel Switch Box (4 way)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<BRACKETS>>
>>
>> Various mounting brackets
>> HDD
>> 3.5 to 5.25
>> Floppy
>> Slide Rails
>> etc
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<PRINTER>>
>>
>> 1 x Canon BJ300 Bubble Jet (2 sheet feeders + Form Feed Paper path +
>> tractor)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> <<MOBILE PHONE>>
>>
>> 1 x Motorola in car Mobile Phone 3Watt
>
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From: "Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Nvidia Riva TNT AGP card ?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:58:16 +0100
I've installed Redhat 5.2 for a freind who had this card and am unable to
get X working except as a VGA x server.
The closest in it's card list is RIVA 128 but this doesn't work. Neither
does the standard Svga server !.
Can anyone tell me how to get this card to work please ?
thanks
Ray.
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From: JaZZman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha OPL3 SAX Help
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:24:01 +0200
"C. E. Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>JaZZman wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Brown-Bayliss) wrote:
>> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> >
>> >
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Brown-Bayliss) wrote:
>> >> >Hi, has anyone got a working solution that a newbie could follow? =
=3D20
>> >> >
>> >> Yes use a kernel before 2.1.32.. or less than 16Mb in your system..
>> >> The problem is the 1 DMA channel limit of the newer kernels if you =
have m=3D
>> >> ore
>> >> than 16Mb in your computer. the older kernels do not have that prob=
lem.
>> >
>> >Could I not add another DMA channel? If so, what steps do I need to =
re-
>> >compile?
>> >
>
>Not true - I am using mine with kernel 2.2.6. Redhats sound config like=
s to set
>up the dma like this:
>dma=3D0,3
>
>It works if you configure the dma like this:
>dma=3D0 dma2=3D3
>
I tried that but not with any luck.. hmm.. but this gives us some hope:))
>Chris Scheetz
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> I tried it as the How-to describes but nothing.. keep getting the erro=
r "to
>> many DMA channels needed"
>>
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >--
>> >Rob
>> >
>> >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bayliss
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From: "Marco Borra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI internal modem
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 15:11:13 +0200
Please, help me! I have a Sidin Atlantis VQH 1456 PCI internal modem, ....
it is a winmodem! You know a way (or a driver) to use this modem under linux
(Mandrake 5.3; kernel 2.0.36 )? Thank you!
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Subject: Re: pci chip driver
From: Wesley Hosking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 May 1999 14:39:32 +0930
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ellis) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Holger Blinzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >> Holger Blinzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I want to run a pci interface chip (PLX9080) on Linux.
> >>
> >> Doing a quick grep of the kernel source I see that the PLX-9080
> >> is already supported. What do you want to do with it?
>
> >I need this chip to gain access to a FPGA and be able
> >toinitialize/configure it this way. Can you tell me how I can set this
> >driver up to work with my device (PLX9080)?
>
> I still don't see what you are trying to do. Is the PLX9080 part
> of a motherboard?
A board that has a PLX9080 talking to an FPGA, has a driver that is described
below :
if you like to see some of the basics then have a look at
http://zaphod.ethz.ch/linux/kernel-2.1
You should find the driver under drive/char/ibt.
Don't be surprised to find funny stuff in the driver.
It looks currently quite ugly because we have experimented quite heavily with
some of the features :-/.
It definitively needs some cleanup.
...
wes
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Subject: Re: PCI internal modem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:29:56 GMT
In article <7h6l89$m2s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marco Borra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Please, help me! I have a Sidin Atlantis VQH 1456 PCI internal modem, ....
>it is a winmodem! You know a way (or a driver) to use this modem under linux
>(Mandrake 5.3; kernel 2.0.36 )? Thank you!
No, there is no winmodem software for Linux, you'll have to find a real
hardware modem instead. You can write a letter to Sidin Atlantis (or
Askey, who makes the modem), but they will not support anything but
Windows.
Sorry :(
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Öhman)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Kernel Module driver
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:42:50 GMT
On Mon, 10 May 1999 02:58:04 GMT, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am writing a kernel module driver that will implement bus mastering.
>This requires a large contiguous buffer. To do this I load Linux with
>the LILO command "linux mem=60M" so that the kernel only uses 60 of my
>64MB of system RAM.
You should take a look at the bigphysarea patch, available at
http://www.uni-paderborn.de/cs/heiss/linux/bigphysarea.html
With this, you can reserve a continuous buffer at boot time.
It is used with some high-speed network interfaces.
--
Bengt Öhman, Dept. of Information Technology, LTH, Sweden
Real mail address: bengt at it dot lth dot se
*** Friend of LAPHROAIG ***
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DLucido)
Subject: Re: pnp problems - ess1868 & Ethernet
Date: 10 May 1999 14:01:35 GMT
The ESS1868 is an ISA Plug-and-Play card. I suggest you look at the
isapnptools including
isapnp and pnpdump commands and the format of the isapnp.conf file.
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