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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ncr 53c810
Date: 2 Oct 1995 00:43:27 +0100
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 <mike_imai@mindlink.bc.ca> wrote:

>ncr0 < ncr53x810> inta, irq10 on pci0:9
>reg20: virtual 0xf3166000
>physical 0xc0000000
>Core test failed: host wrote 1, ncr read 1
>Core test failed: ncr wrote 2, host read 1
>Core test failed: ncr wrote 2, host read -1
>Cache incorrectly configured.

>What does the error mean & how can i work around it?

Looks like your chipset is broken.  Try turning off write-back
caching.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)