Re: USB vs PAE
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 05:06:39 pm M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Hi, : : On 23 Oct 2007, at 20:45, Ivan Voras wrote: : : Bob Bishop wrote: : Hi, : : The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE : config. Can : anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! : is an : acceptable answer) Thanks : : I'm running USB keyboard and mouse under PAE without problems. Don't : know about other USB devices. AFAIK everything that is 64-bit clean : (i.e. works on AMD64 and other architectures) should work ok with PAE, : so try compiling it in and see for yourself. : : : Yes. Keyboard and umass (CDROM and memory stick) seem to work here on : 6.2R. Thanks! In 6.x the big problem is busdma support. USB doesn't use it quite right, which means that buffers that it uses must be in the lower 4GB. If not, then it won't work. Current does proper scatter/gather, so should work without issue. Ah, ok. How does USB on 6.x work with amd64? Also, any idea when the USB stuff will be MFC'd to 6? -- John Baldwin ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
Hi, On 23 Oct 2007, at 20:45, Ivan Voras wrote: Bob Bishop wrote: Hi, The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE config. Can anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! is an acceptable answer) Thanks I'm running USB keyboard and mouse under PAE without problems. Don't know about other USB devices. AFAIK everything that is 64-bit clean (i.e. works on AMD64 and other architectures) should work ok with PAE, so try compiling it in and see for yourself. Yes. Keyboard and umass (CDROM and memory stick) seem to work here on 6.2R. Thanks! -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
On 24/10/2007, Bob Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. Keyboard and umass (CDROM and memory stick) seem to work here on 6.2R. Thanks! I just saw it is officially ok'ed for PAE in future versions (commit by John Baldwin). ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivan Voras [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 24/10/2007, Bob Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Yes. Keyboard and umass (CDROM and memory stick) seem to work here on : 6.2R. Thanks! : : I just saw it is officially ok'ed for PAE in future versions (commit : by John Baldwin). 6.x doesn't have the scatter/gather code merged yet, so still is unsafe. Warner ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Hi, : : On 23 Oct 2007, at 20:45, Ivan Voras wrote: : : Bob Bishop wrote: : Hi, : : The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE : config. Can : anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! : is an : acceptable answer) Thanks : : I'm running USB keyboard and mouse under PAE without problems. Don't : know about other USB devices. AFAIK everything that is 64-bit clean : (i.e. works on AMD64 and other architectures) should work ok with PAE, : so try compiling it in and see for yourself. : : : Yes. Keyboard and umass (CDROM and memory stick) seem to work here on : 6.2R. Thanks! In 6.x the big problem is busdma support. USB doesn't use it quite right, which means that buffers that it uses must be in the lower 4GB. If not, then it won't work. Current does proper scatter/gather, so should work without issue. Warner ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB vs PAE
Hi, The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE config. Can anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! is an acceptable answer) Thanks -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
Bob Bishop wrote: Hi, The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE config. Can anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! is an acceptable answer) This may not be related but xorg had real difficulty findind cards with pae (e6850 4 gig)... amd64 fixed this ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB vs PAE
Bob Bishop wrote: Hi, The whole USB kit and caboodle is nodevice'd out in the PAE config. Can anyone give a succinct summary of what needs fixing? (EVERYTHING! is an acceptable answer) Thanks I'm running USB keyboard and mouse under PAE without problems. Don't know about other USB devices. AFAIK everything that is 64-bit clean (i.e. works on AMD64 and other architectures) should work ok with PAE, so try compiling it in and see for yourself. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
