Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:53:56 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: BSD Blood <bsdblood@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what's the number behind the driver? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291951070.50877-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <F128ESS9iuG7Z2JQHeF0000f29a@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, BSD Blood wrote: :Hello. : While configuring my kernel configuration file, I notice that certain :entries have numbers after the driver and some don't. For example: - : :device psm0 :device da : :My questions are:- :1. What's the number behind the driver? It's a device instance number. If you had more than one than one ps/2 mouse, you'd need to add a a psm1 for the second and so on. (I have no idea if you can actually have more than one ps/2 mouse.) : :2. Why for some entries there are no numbers? Some drivers are smart enough to do the right thing with multiple instances, and for some classes of devices it doesn't matter. Again, don't cross-post. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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