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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:25:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pccard pcic.c pcic_isa.c pcic_pci.c 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107271324370.15410-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <200107271746.f6RHkNX13641@green.bikeshed.org>

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it's a link that enables some option usually.
And it's called that because it has the form of a resister, so that
automatic board stuffing machinary can handle it as if it were a resistor.


On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Brian F. Feldman wrote:

> Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > [...]
> >   hw.pcic.ignore_fuction_1 Ignores function 1 for all PCIC bridges by not
> >   			attaching to them.  Lucent released a huge batch
> >   			of cards that were imporperly manufactuered (lacking
> >   			the 0 ohm resister to disable slot 1).  This is
> >   			a big hammer to keep those cards from causing problems
> >   			(I've had 4 people contact me saying my patches
> >   			worked great once they added a kludge to always ignore
> >   			function 1, or until they soldered these resistors
> >   			in place!).
> > [...]
> 
> This, of course, begs the question... what exactly is a 0-ohm resistor 
> supposed to do?
> 
> -- 
>  Brian Fundakowski Feldman           \  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!  /
>  green@FreeBSD.org                    `------------------------------'
> 
> 
> 


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