Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:06:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, me@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new config Message-ID: <199806102206.PAA14360@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199806102142.OAA13468@implode.root.com> from "David Greenman" at Jun 10, 98 02:42:45 pm
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> >1) There was a driver setup disk. It knew how to identify the > > card and determine the interrupt. The FreeBSD driver could > > have done this as well, but it simply didn't have the code > > for it. This would not have been a destructive probe; the > > chip had already been located. > > In most cases, the software interface specification for how to do this > is unavailable. I do actually have some info for WD/SMC cards, which is > why I added support for "?" for the interrupt, in which case the kernel > reads it from the EEPROM. Do you have a German contact with a copy of "Sourcer" from V Communications, Inc., to whom you could send the setup disk? This type of thing can get documented in minutes... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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