Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:53:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware detection code in boot loader Message-ID: <200006131753.e5DHrdi06492@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> > a larger issue. It is not the loader's job to detect the underlying > > hardware configuration. > > Actually, in a broad fashion, it _is_. This is why the loader > understands PCI and PnP, for example. > Why do we want to do that? Are we going to offload device probe routines to the loader? I thought the loader only needs to understand bootable devices, and it's the kernel's responsibility to handle the rest. -lq To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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