Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 22:26:42 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Documenting pcic changes to -CURRENT and -STABLE Message-ID: <200109030526.f835Qg009572@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <200109020416.f824G9h17457@harmony.village.org> References: <200109020412.f824CkD03205@intruder.bmah.org> <200108312226.f7VMQWk00844@intruder.bmah.org> <200109010833.f818X0h10099@harmony.village.org> <200109020416.f824G9h17457@harmony.village.org>
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If memory serves me right, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <200109020412.f824CkD03205@intruder.bmah.org> Bruce A. Mah writes:
> : Thanks Warner, much appreciated! I was hoping that you'd be able to
> : spend time working on code (or dealing with little incidentals like
> : eating or sleeping) rather than replying to my questions.
>
> Well, I've been in "take a break and think about the last few problems
> mode" right now. I've managed to dig a 15' long 2' deep trench in the
> last few days while working on it in the back of my brain. Only 35'[*]
> to go :-)
Hope you've made more progress on the trench.
In the meantime, here's a shot at some release notes text, which I
think captures the essence of your (most excellent) explanation. If
you think this is OK, I can commit this and do an insta-MFC.
(Obviously if you have any suggestions for improvement, I'd be happy to
take them. It was hard to distill a two-page email down to a single
paragraph, and it's possible things got lost in the translation.)
Thanks!
Bruce.
Index: new.sgml
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as tuneables) at compile-time using &man.config.8;'s
<literal>ENV</literal> directive.</para>
+ <para>On many modern hosts, PCCARD devices can be configured to be
+ <quote>attached</quote> to either the ISA or PCI expansion busses.
+ The &man.pcic.4; driver has been updated to support both types of
+ attachment (formerly, only attachment to a host's ISA bus was
+ supported). In most cases, configuration of PCMCIA devices in
+ laptops is simpler and more flexible. In addition, various
+ Cardbus bridge PCI cards (such as those used by Orinoco PCI NICs)
+ are now supported. Some hosts may experience problems with PCI
+ attachment; they can frequently be made to work by forcing older
+ style ISA attachment. The following lines, placed in
+ <filename>/etc/loader.conf</filename> or typed to the boot loader
+ may fix the problem. &merged;</para>
+
+ <screen><userinput>hw.pcic.intr_path=1</userinput>
+<userinput>hw.pcic.irq=0</userinput></screen>
+
<sect3>
<title>Processor/Motherboard Support</title>
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