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From: gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: INN 1.5.1 w/MMAP OK on FreeBSD-2.2?
Date: 3 Apr 1997 00:31:42 GMT
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In article <5hug26$9n4$1@news.fred.net>,
daleg@fred.net (Dale Ghent) writes:
> How stable is the AHC_ALLOW_MEMIO option for the 2940? I've got three of
> them in my server, and does it actually improve performance?
That is mainly for Pentium Pro (P6) systems which object to the old
way Justin did the I/O on the cards (DMA? I can't remember). Unless
you have a P6, I'd stay away from that option I think.
Gary