Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 13:40:38 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Generic PCI ethernet card Message-ID: <199707310410.NAA25701@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <33E001D9.446B9B3D@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> from Jim Durham at "Jul 30, 97 11:09:13 pm"
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Jim Durham stands accused of saying: > > Is this just a matter of adding the ID code to > the driver in if_ed_p.c, where it lists RealTek 8029, > ProLan, and etc...and I guess I have to boot the > system and see what code is returned...or am I off > on the wrong path? Spot on. If you boot with '-v' you will get a listing of the vendor and board ID numbers, which you can plug in there. Could you please let us know what these numbers are when you've got them so that other people can benefit? Either mail the hardware list, or send the details straight to Stefan (se@freebsd.org). > Also, how does the system know to > even have if_ed_p.c scan for a code if it doesn't know > what kind of card it is dealing with? Is this handed > down from the bios? Lotsa questions... Each code is handed to every PCI probe routine, so the probe routines get to decide whether the card is for them. This is a mechanism that's likely to change in the future. > Jim Durham -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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