Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:22:42 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Hallam Oaks P/L list account <mlnn4@oaks.com.au>, "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 'struct isa_device' advice sought Message-ID: <19980917152242.26074@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199809161502.BAA22369@mail.aussie.org>; from Hallam Oaks P/L list account on Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 01:01:39AM %2B1000 References: <199809161502.BAA22369@mail.aussie.org>
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On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 01:01:39AM +1000, Hallam Oaks P/L list account wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:47:12 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > >On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 10:24:39PM +1000, Hallam Oaks P/L list account > wrote: > >> My question is this : is the concept of a PCI card masquerading (in > >> a limited sense) as an ISA one a legitimate approach ? Is it likely > >> to cause problems ? I know it's a kludge but the alternative is > >> also not particularly desirable. > > > >The alternative is particularly desireable, and I hope to get time to > >fix it Real Soon Now. It is also necessary to be able to get a clean > >integration of the PnP code (which I have a hacky intergration of > >now). > > ok, from an architecture point of view it's desirable, but recoding all > of that section to suit PCI (in a consistent manner such that it integrates > cleanly with the rest of i4b) is probably too much for me to bite off right > now. I simply don't have a good enough grasp of the i4b package as a whole > to do it intelligently :) > > Nevertheless ... I have a card I need to get going. What do you suggest ? Is > the isa masquerading going to be more trouble than it's worth ? The ISA masquerading will probably work, but it is really dirty. Given that I have no idea when I'll get time, it is probably the best bet for now... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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