Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:11:48 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: scottl@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to disable devices in -current / 5.2-BETA? Message-ID: <20031202.111148.78753608.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20031202102446.S57336@pooker.samsco.home> References: <20031202112236.GA77263@fit.vutbr.cz> <20031202.101425.81994360.imp@bsdimp.com> <20031202102446.S57336@pooker.samsco.home>
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Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> writes:
: However, having a general mechanism for disabling newbus devices would be
: really nice.
Agreed. But today and 5.2 you lose. However, it isn't easy. What
does disabled mean? Don't attach? Don't even probe? If you don't
probe, then how do you know that the device is aac.0? If you do
probe, then you get ISA probe routines called that can be
'destructive'.
Warner
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