Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:30:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware detection code in boot loader Message-ID: <200006221930.MAA00940@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:02:26 MDT." <200006212002.OAA83024@harmony.village.org>
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> In message <200006131710.KAA22395@mass.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: > : > a larger issue. It is not the loader's job to detect the underlying > : > hardware configuration. > : > : Actually, in a broad fashion, it _is_. This is why the loader > : understands PCI and PnP, for example. > > How hard would it be to add usb and pccard support? Very hard. There's no standardised firmware interface to either of these, so we would have to use "real" drivers. As far as the loader is concerned, though, neither of these are on the boot path, so we can typically wait until the kernel's up and we can use some "real real" drivers. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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