Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:20:09 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@freefall.FreeBSD.org> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@freefall.FreeBSD.org, cvs-sys@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa if_ep.c if_epreg.h Message-ID: <199606142220.QAA22924@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199606142211.PAA23840@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199606142211.PAA23840@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> nate 96/06/14 15:11:44 > > Modified: sys/i386/isa if_ep.c if_epreg.h > Log: > At long last, we know have support for the 3C589 in a FreeBSD release > using the existing files using the existing PCCARD support. Ugh, that's an ugly sentence. In any case, what I meant to say was that up till now the Nomad release has been using the 'if_nep.c' driver instead of the existing if_ep.c driver, which was bogus IMHO. Both drivers supported the same cards (although I think if_ep supported more), so why should we add another driver which does the same thing. I asked Hosokawa to see if anyone would do patches to if_ep, and apparently someone did because in the most recent Nomad release there were patches to add PCCARD support to the already existing if_ep.c driver. Right now, aside from 'bugs' the entire framework should be in place to support almost all PC-CARDS. There are still some 'high-level' design issues to be resolved such as 'how do you boot off a PC-CARD disk' (currently you can't because you can't recognize the disk unless you have the user-land daemon running) which basically suggest that we move some of the userland code into the kernel (yuck!), but you get the idea. I'm planning on revamping the PC-CARD hooks in /etc next now that I have another hard disk and can use the code on my default box. Off to go fishing now! Nate
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