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Date:      Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:09:11 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Nomad Esst <noname.esst@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Autoconfiguration procedure in FreeBSD
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Nomad Esst via freebsd-hackers
<freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> wrote:
> I'm studying FreeBSD kernel internals on my own, I'm reading "FreeBSD Dev=
ice Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid" by Joesph Kong. In chapter 7 "newbus=
 and resource allocation", he says "Autoconfiguration is the procedure carr=
ied out by FreeBSD to enable the hardware devices on a machine (McKusick an=
d Neville-Neil, 2005). It works by systematically probing a machine=E2=80=
=99s I/O buses in order to identify their child devices". I'm wondering whe=
re this "Autoconfiguraion procedure" is deployed in FreeBSD?

sys/kern/subr_bus.c



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