From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 14 20:10:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA12732 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from RWSystems.net (root@rwsystr.nkn.net [204.251.23.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA12726 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:10:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nemesis by RWSystems.net with uucp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0ufdwZ-0001bqC; Sun, 14 Jul 96 22:03 CDT Received: by nemesis.lonestar.org (Smail3.1.27.1 #20) id m0ufdzD-000CtYC; Sun, 14 Jul 96 22:06 WET DST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 14 Jul 96 22:06 WET DST To: hackers@freebsd.org From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Sent: Sun Jul 14 1996, 22:06:14 CDT Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [-]On the WD/SMC that are software 'strappable' there is still a jumper [-]to 'hardwire' the board to 0x280 etc. Maybe that is a valid reason? [-]Works even if you lose your DOS-based card setup tool. On the oldest 8bit WD8003 cards, the strap forces you to 0x280 and is frequently used on cards where people have trashed the contents of the EEPROM. On some of those boards, it was possible to get the EEPROM into such a state that you could never get it sane. Western Digital would tell people to set the "INIT" strap and run at 0x280 5 unless they wanted to replace the card. Running the wrong version of the SETUP/EZSETUP program would zap these cards instantly. Even so, forcing the user to change the settings for ed0/ed1 isn't that traumatic. But I think for various reasons, both interfaces should be in the basic kernel. Frank Durda IV |"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net | demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" |"A what?" or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983