[hackers] Re: Realtek

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <xzpbrzrhihy.fsf at flood.ping.uio.no>
            des at ofug.org (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> writes:
: > In message: <xzpel4ogv99.fsf at flood.ping.uio.no>
: >             des at ofug.org (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) writes:
: > : address wrong to not finding it at all (I believe it reports "No
: > : station address in CIS!") and refusing to attach.
: > It always didn't find it, you just got lucky before.  The no station
: > address in CIS means that it can't map the CIS.  This means the 'it'
: > isn't dc, but rather 'cbb'.  cbb's ability to map memory is kinda
: > flakey on some machines.  You have one.  You need to set
: > hw.cbb.start_memory to a value that makes your laptop happy.
: 
: ...such as?

An address that works.  Without further knowledge of your laptop, it
is impossible for me to say.  You will have to find this out by trial
and error.  Some folks like 0xf8000000, others like 0x400000000 and
one uses 0xd4000, but the last one I don't recommend.

Warner