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Date:      Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:37:10 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        ticso@cicely.de, ticso@cicely12.cicely.de
Cc:        phk@phk.freebsd.dk
Subject:   Re: How to get a device_t
Message-ID:  <20030806.183710.132444148.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030807001244.GF35859@cicely12.cicely.de>
References:  <20030806110013.GE32228@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030806.175257.106532450.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030807001244.GF35859@cicely12.cicely.de>

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In message: <20030807001244.GF35859@cicely12.cicely.de>
            Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> writes:
: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:52:57PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <20030806110013.GE32228@cicely12.cicely.de>
: >             Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> writes:
: > : Back to the original question:
: > : How do I get the device_t from nexus?
: > 
: > You don't.  You are assigned one.
: > 
: > : Is there a get_nexus() function somewhere?
: > 
: > No.  You don't need it.
: > 
: > Chances are you could create an identify routine that would attach the
: > bus to.  The identify routine should be all you need.
: 
: The point is that this special CPU can only be identified by its
: host bridge.
: That's the place were the MMCR bus has to be attached to nexus, so
: we need the handle within this function.

Then why not just hang the bus off the host bridge?  There's really no
compelling reason to have it on the nexus.

Warner



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