Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 21:22:34 -0500 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Rink Springer <rink@springer.cx>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLD's on ISA bus: how? Message-ID: <3A04C46A.24DF7BA6@bellatlantic.net> References: <3A04A8CD.6BDBB8CD@bellatlantic.net> <3A044899.9020508@springer.cx> <200011042344.QAA37170@harmony.village.org> <200011050035.RAA37476@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <3A04A8CD.6BDBB8CD@bellatlantic.net> Sergey Babkin writes: > : In 4.x if you say in config file > : > : foo at isa > : > : and provide the identify routine in the driver the result should be > : the same. The "ep" driver does that using a proprietary probe > : procedure. > > Most cards don't have that backdoor. They are either full plug and > play, or they are rock stupid. Come to think of it, there are some > that are both :-). The foo at isa might not work even in 4.x. It > will attach a child with no hints at all, so the probe routine won't > know where to look. The identify routine is the only way to deal. In > 4.x, you say > device ep > not > device ep at isa > iirc. Ah, right. I confused it with another case, where the probe routine tries to look for all possible ports. If I remember correctly, "aha" is an example of such device. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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