Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 01:58:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: ulf@Alameda.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am ready to give: How do I tell the kernel I have devices ? Message-ID: <199805100858.BAA07239@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980509022607.2151B-100000@current1.whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "May 9, 98 02:27:50 am"
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> what kind of device? > > try the SYSINIT macro you see in each driver, > combined with the config file.. SYSINIT seems to be what I am missing. I added the SYSINIT line, pointing to my driver init routine. Any other files I need to add things ? > > what do you mean by: > "tell the kernel I have a device"? Tell the kernel that my driver is responsible for /dev/myx* > > that it has a devsw entry? > that it should probe an address? > that the PCI code should know about it? I got all the PCI probe and attach routine, I think. > > > On Sat, 9 May 1998, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > I have read through all kind of kernel source code, specific through > > SCSI drivers, wd.c and sd.c. I do not see it. Could someone point me > > at some document or write a little list of what steps are involved ? > > > > Ulf. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 > > Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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