(bringing the discussion to linux-m68k) On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:46:36PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > BTW, what's the problem with the Wildfire? I never saw one (except for a > > picture), it has PCI? > > Yes, its NIC and SCSI are on PCI, I think...
IIRC from the pictures I once saw showed a DEC Tulip for Ethernet... > Well, the problme is atm that there's a A2091 for SCSI and an Ariadne for > Ethernet as long as the onboard chips are not yet supported, but the kernel > stumbles across some IRQs, I think: > > http://bluespice.dyndns.org/wildfire-boot.jpg > > As you can see there, the kernel detects the A2091 but the SCSI commands are > not reaching their destination. > However, the card works under AmigaOS (both SCSI and NIC) and some Could it be a DMA problem? I.e. the 33c93 not being able to DMA to/from Wildfire RAM? What kind of Amiga is this? Does it have Zorro II RAM? > benchmarks showing a great performance because of the RAM interface (uhm, > banks interleaved or such)... I can imagine! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
