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From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Buslogic adapter and sync mode
Date: 26 Sep 1995 23:54:40 -0700
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In-reply-to: waraich@li.net's message of 27 Sep 1995 01:03:55 -0400

In article <44alvr$9rj@linet01.li.net> waraich@li.net (Saad M. Waraich) writes:

  I installed 2.1.0-SNAP on my Micron P100 a few weeks ago and am extremely
  happy with it. I do have a couple of questions though.

  I have the Buslogic PCI adapter (946C) in my machine and while the adapter
  bios claims that synchronous mode is enabled for all the devices, at bootup
  this is what I get:

  bt0: Bt946C/ 0-PCI/EISA/VLB(32bit) bus
  bt0: reading board settings, busmastering, int=11
  bt0: version 4.25J, async only, parity, 32 mbxs, 32 ccbs
  bt0: targ 0 async   ^^^^^^^^^^
  bt0: targ 6 async

  Can someone please explain what's going on ?

The problem is that the FreeBSD BusLogic driver is out of date with respect
to many of the more modern BusLogic boards.  Specifically, it reports
certain bits in the output of the Inquire Extended Setup Information
command incorrectly.  I don't believe that this will impact actual
operation in any way, but these startup messages should not be trusted.

		Leonard