From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 1 09:30:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA28639 for current-outgoing; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:30:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA28633; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610011630.JAA28633@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Michael Smith cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Your UserConfig changes for unmasking PCI devices... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Oct 1996 21:02:54 +0930." <199610011132.VAA11670@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 09:30:42 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: >> >> > I only planned to put PCI devices in as a calmative for users who >> > might otherwise bitch about not being able to see them. It might make >> > more sense just to rip them right out again. >> >> I'm leaning that way myself unless we can figure out a way of doing >> a better job. How about a one-line summary somewhere like this: >> >> PCI device support for: bt0 ed0 lnc0 >> >> On the screen? :-) > >Ah, how about putting off calling userconfig() until after the PCI and >EISA probes? Since it's only _really_ relevant to the ISA probe >process, shouldn't it be directly associated with it? > >> Jordan That may be a solution for now, but in the future, I'd like to see UserConfig expand its role, not narrow it. >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ >]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================