From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Apr 9 15:39:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E7D14C0C for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:39:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00799; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:37:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199904092237.PAA00799@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Michael Robinson Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCIC (was Re: Any success) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Apr 1999 11:04:57 +0800." <199904090304.LAA47682@netrinsics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 15:37:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mike Smith writes: > >However, the IRQ should not need to be set. It should be automatically > >determined. Arguing about how to set it is wrong. > > I'm not quite clear on this. Do you mean: > > "There is no theoretical reason why a user should have to set a PCIC IRQ." > > or: > > "There exists a foolproof method for automatically determining the proper > PCIC IRQ on all hardware supported by FreeBSD, and someone should implement > that method." Both. The "automatic" method may require user help in the form of parametric information, but it should in no way be pcic-specific. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message