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authorwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-03 17:34:44 +0000
committerwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-03 17:34:44 +0000
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Tincup & Rawhide need their VGA cards in a slot connected to PCI0 for the
BIOS emulation to work.
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@@ -1336,7 +1336,8 @@ Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA slot expansion backplanes
(called 'Saddle' modules). There are 2 seperate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1.
PCI0 has 1 dedicated PCI slot and (shared) 3 PCI/EISA slots. PCI0 also has a
PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports,
-keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and an NCR810 SCSI chip.
+keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 PCI slots and an NCR810 SCSI chip. VGA
+console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0.
The current implementation has problems in handling PCI bridges. There is
currently a limited fix in place which allows for single level, single device
@@ -1400,6 +1401,7 @@ There are 2 seperate PCI buses, PCI0 and PCI1. PCI0 has the 32-bit PCI
slot and the 2 top-most 64-bit PCI slots. PCI0 also has an Intel 82375EB
PCI/EISA bridge that drives things like the serial and parallel ports,
keyboard/mouse etc. PCI1 has 4 64-bit PCI slots and an NCR810 SCSI chip.
+VGA console cards must be installed in a slot connected to PCI0.
Power:
The system employs an I2C based power controller system. If you want to be
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