Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 02:58:15 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Your UserConfig changes for unmasking PCI devices... Message-ID: <11843.844163895@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Oct 1996 19:09:10 %2B0930." <199610010939.TAA11012@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> - "different text attributes" aren't (properly) supported by syscons > at that point in the boot process. Ah. Phoo. > - how is userconfig supposed to know what hardware the system has? I > thought the whole idea behind it was for it to run _before_ hardware > had been located, not afterwards. Erm. Ya got me there, pardner! :-) > I only planned to put PCI devices in as a calmative for users who > might otherwise bitch about not being able to see them. It might make > more sense just to rip them right out again. I'm leaning that way myself unless we can figure out a way of doing a better job. How about a one-line summary somewhere like this: PCI device support for: bt0 ed0 lnc0 On the screen? :-) Jordan
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