From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Jul 29 23:40:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA13151 for multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA13145; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:40:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA19238; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:09:29 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707300639.QAA19238@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Advice sought on PnP configuration In-Reply-To: <199707300600.PAA19038@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jul 30, 97 03:30:44 pm" To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:09:29 +0930 (CST) Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > My personal preference : > > - gather all the information : > PCI probe > PnP probe > get ISA config (compiled in, datafile, etc.) > get PCI/PnP identifier tables (compiled in, bootloader, etc.) > > - attach PCI devices > I/O ports and IRQs are assigned by the PCI rules. > - attach PnP devices > IRQs are taken from the free pool left after PCI assignment and > those marked for 'legacy' use. I/O ports are probed as per the > PnP spec. > - walk ISA config data, probe possible devices > We know which IRQ and I/O resources are still available, > we can hunt for devices that match the gaps. - attach/detach PCCARD devices we know which resources are still free, and can map these across possible config indexes in the card until a match is found. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[