fc1_x86_64 preview on tyan thunder k8w (S2885ANRF REV .03)

[Rob Myers]

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 11:35, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:18:50AM -0500, Rob Myers wrote:
> > 
> > second, AMD-8111 IDE has dma timeouts if acpi is enabled.  is this a
> > known issue?
> > 
> ACPI is a known issue with most NF3 systems, and it seems some of the AMD
> chipset based.  I have been talking to AMD on this, and they specifically
> mention Tyan as having issues which were fixed with a bios upgrade.  I will
> see if I can get more info on it.

i'm running the latest bios v1.01.

> I will work on an FAQ and put that up tonight.  As for the memory issues, I
> am not entirely sure, but you are not the first to report this.  I will
> look into it as I can, but I unfortunately do not have this much memory in
> any of my systems, and to buy it might end in divorce at this point :). I
> am working with AMD to try to get access to the developer labs, and
> hopefully this will help address some of these issues.

looking forward to the FAQ!  i'd be glad to try out any patches that
require that amount of memory to be tested.

thanks again

rob.