From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 17 06:23:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA05778 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 06:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05750 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 06:23:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA06066; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:22:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA02497; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:22:42 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980917152242.26074@follo.net> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:22:42 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Hallam Oaks P/L list account , "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: 'struct isa_device' advice sought References: <199809161502.BAA22369@mail.aussie.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199809161502.BAA22369@mail.aussie.org>; from Hallam Oaks P/L list account on Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 01:01:39AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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