From owner-cvs-all Fri Jan 29 09:54:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA17681 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:54:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17674; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:54:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01447; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901291749.JAA01447@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Nate Williams cc: Mike Smith , Michael Smith , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common help.common In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:38:46 MST." <199901291638.JAA06504@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:49:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > No, I argued *for* a compile-time option that didn't involve making the > PCIC an ISA device, or using 'Yet Another' option. Both are > unacceptable options. The latter is what I meant; 'options PCIC_IRQ...' would be the only way to have a compile-time default. > Also, what do we do about those machines that have multiple PCIC's? > > (There are quite a few...) Yes. The only way to do this properly is to bus-genericise the PCIC code, and make it into a proper bridge. I think this is basically what Garrett was working on; I don't know where he's at right now. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message