Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 11:52:00 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can anyone suggest what needs fixing /usr/src/contrib/pnpinfo.c Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205061100290.8380-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <200205040558.g445whh00530@mass.dis.org>
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hmmmm..... On Fri, 3 May 2002, Michael Smith wrote: > > i wish to fix this problem: > > > > john# pnpinfo > > Checking for Plug-n-Play devices... > > No Plug-n-Play devices were found > > > > this is on a box that has pnp things in it that get probed by the kernel > > and work successfully. > > You don't have a problem. interesting assertion. it implies that there is a mechanism for dumping the pnp device 'facts' to the screen that i am heretofore unaware of. i'd be *most* interested to find out what that is. > pnpinfo only report on ISA PnP devices, and your PnP devices are > enumerated by talking to the BIOS. yes, but they are enumerated *very* quietly. i'd like to have a userspace ability to peek. 'tis a handy thing. i can su to root and run pciconf. neat tool. what's the pnp equivalent? pnpinfo, right? as i alluded to previously, it doesnt *tell* me anything. did i miss a flag to pnpinfo that you are aware of and i am not? did miss an application that you are aware of and i am not? my current belief is that adding an ioctl to /usr/src/sys/isa/pnp.c that allows a userland process to obtain these facts would be a positive thing. then i'll just reimplement /usr/src/contrib/pnpinfo.c to utilize same. > Can you please stop with this pointless quest now? if it's pointless, u bet i'll stop! but i'm currently hypothesizing that you are mistaken. > = Mike johnu -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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