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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:42:22 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Atsushi Furuta <furuta@sra.co.jp>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp, nate@mt.sri.com, nathan@rtfm.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PAO Integration? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812140940380.6509-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812131023.TAA05525@sramhc.sra.co.jp>

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On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Atsushi Furuta wrote:

> >> In article <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812112302020.1148-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>,
> 	Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> writes:
> 
> > The softc issue is addressed by the new device framework.  The pci support
> > code has not yet been updated to the new interface but when it is, it will
> > get this for free.  The flags field can also be easily added.
> 
>   I wonder how a user specifies flags to pci bus. I seems that there
> is no generic way to specify flags in current subr_bus.c, and it is up
> to each bus codes how to provide ivers and flags.

It is true that there is no flags field hardcoded into the device.  As you
have noted, it is easy for any bus for which it is relavent to implement
one using ivars.  It is also easy for a bus implementation to pick up
flags and device wiring preferences from config(8).

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037



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