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From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony D'Atri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Buslogic PCI
Date: 17 May 1996 12:19:49 -0700
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>> I am using a Buslogic 946C(i think....) PCI scsi controller.
>> Upon bootup, it shows the card running a 5 Mb/s when the card can do
>> 10 Mb/s.  Has anyone gotten past this at all?

>  It's a bug in the display algorithm. I sent patches to BSDI for this and
>a bunch of other bha driver fixes, but they didn't show up in the released
>BSD/OS 2.1.

I did the same -- against 2.0.  My message wasn't even acknowledged.  From
what I can tell the polarity of the test is reversed, just as it is for
the disconnect/reconnect message.  I marvel that nobody noticed it in
development.