Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:51:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEWBUS: multiple calls needed? Message-ID: <200101272051.f0RKpax01005@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:02:50 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101261750060.31475-100000@mail.matriplex.com>
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> The memory areas "appear" to be fixed relative to each other:
> mem1 == base + 0x000000 (size==0x200000)
> mem2 == base + 0x201000 (size==0x000100)
> mem3 == base + 0x203000 (size==0x000400)
>
> So of course, it is tempting to wonder whether it is really neccessary
> to allocate three newbus entities for them. On the other hand, I have
> to believe that the BIOS has already set the base and sizes of these
> areas, and it would be a really bad idea to pretend that they are a
> single (say 3-meg) resource.
Just because *your* BIOS puts them there doesn't mean that another one
won't put them somewhere else. 8)
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