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Date:      Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:45:07 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Update of if_dc driver
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911271443570.318-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199911251954.OAA14315@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>

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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Bill Paul wrote:

> My goal is to try and get this driver into 4.0 as soon as possible so
> I can use it as a replacement for the al, ax, dm, pn and mx drivers.
> However, there's a small problem: the de driver already supports the
> 21143, although it does so poorly according to some people. We can't
> have both drivers trying to support the same chip. I want to be able
> to turn off 21143 support in if_de and let if_dc handle them, but I
> don't want to annoy people who are using if_de with 21143 cards now
> and not having any trouble. What do people think? Does anybody have
> anything against me transfering support for the 21143 from if_de to
> if_dc? Does anybody have a better idea? I'm open to suggestions.

Why not use the probe priority system. For 21143 cards, return a negative
number from de_probe and zero from dc_probe. If dc is present, it will win
the auction and if not, de will get the hardware.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037





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