Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 22:03:12 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI Message-ID: <199601022103.AA26983@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> "Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI" (Jan 2, 12:59)
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On Jan 2, 12:59, Terry Lambert wrote: } Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI } > I'll probably make the "no driver assigned" message go away } > for all kinds of support chips (CPU to PCI bridge, standard } > ISA peripherals, ...), since those can be identified by their } > PCI class code. (This is already done for PCI graphics cards.) } } NetBSD has a very large database for this in their current code. Yes, I knew about that, and used it as a reference at a time ... } It is actually probably too large, IMO. I don't really understand what use there is to have all those names of unsupported devices in the kernel :) } We need ELF or some other mechanism for segment identification to } enable kernel paging. Well, I don't believe in kernel paging at all! We better kept our kernel reasonably small ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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