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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:25:40 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, mjacob@feral.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pci.c pcisupport.c pcivar.h 
Message-ID:  <200006131825.LAA22754@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:12:10 %2B0200." <11848.960919930@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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> In message <200006131741.KAA22559@mass.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes:
> >> 
> >> > The real situation is, in fact, just the opposite; there are *very* few 
> >> > devices for which it is not possible to obtain, in a generic fashion, a 
> >> > uniquifying token.
> >> 
> >> So much so that the real issue now is "which one of 4 different drivers do
> >> want for driving your tulip chip based NIC?"
> >
> >The one that's maintained by someone that I can chase around the office 
> >with the Damn Thing until he fixes it, of course. 8)
> 
> Look at sys/dev/lmc and tell me if you want that to drive *your* tulip
> based card :-)

Well, if you bothered to use the right constant (PCIR_SUBVEND_0) you'd 
realise that you're still using part of the _STANDARD_ PCI technique for 
uniquely identifying a card.

So no, your driver isn't going to match any of my Tulip cards.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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