Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed,
and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current
Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed,
and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current
-releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.0 distribution fixes
-many of the first-run problems our GAMMA and EPSILON users reported back
+releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.1 distribution fixes
+many of the first-run problems our BETA and GAMMA users reported back
-Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 2.0, xview 3.2, elm, nntp,
-mh and dozens of other miscellaneous utilities have been ported and
-are now available as add-ons. See then next section of this document
+Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 2.1, xview 3.2, elm, nntp,
+mh, InterViews and dozens of other miscellaneous utilities have been ported
+and are now available as add-ons. See then next section of this document
being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package
to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that
contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages
being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package
to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that
contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages
-provided separately can be used by anyone. Work is in progress to
-provide a freely (from outside the U.S.) exportable European distribution
-of DES for our non U.S. users.
+provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the U.S.)
+exportable European distribution of DES for our non U.S. users also exists
+and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ.
attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster CDROM
interface, or other "mini SCSI" adapters.
attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster CDROM
interface, or other "mini SCSI" adapters.
-The limitation some controllers have with >16MB of memory (as noted)
-is due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space of 24 bits.
+Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of memory,
+due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space of 24 bits.
If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it impossible to do
direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is even true of some
EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when they're configured to
emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all* respects. This problem
is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which do not use DMA), true EISA
If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it impossible to do
direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is even true of some
EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when they're configured to
emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all* respects. This problem
is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which do not use DMA), true EISA
-controllers (like the UltraStor or Adaptec 1742A) or VLB (local bus)
-controllers.
-
+controllers (like the UltraStor or Adaptec 1742A) and most VLB (local bus)
+controllers. In these cases, the system will use "bounce buffers" to
+to talk to the controller, and is generally the default.
-WD8003EBT, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones.
+WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
+based clones.
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