Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:58:08 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: green@FreeBSD.org Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc Makefile dumpcisfile.c pccardc.8 pccardc.c src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd readcis.c readcis.h Message-ID: <20030225.215808.87764783.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200302260451.h1Q4pvjI012385@green.bikeshed.org> References: <20030225.214032.82780680.imp@bsdimp.com> <200302260451.h1Q4pvjI012385@green.bikeshed.org>
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"Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
: > In message: <200302252214.h1PMEdQu017187@repoman.freebsd.org>
: > Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > : Add a new subcommand to pccardc(8), "dumpcisfile", which reads a CIS
: > : structure from a file instead of a PC-CARD itself before parsing and
: > : dumping it. (E.g. useful when you get a CIS file from a manufacturer
: > : which fixes they broken card's CIS, and add it to the pccard quirks.)
: >
: > This is quite interesting, but I'm going to nuke pccardc from orbit
: > soon. I'm working to migrate this functionality to a new program.
: > OLDCARD doesn't support pccard CIS quirks at all...
:
: Admittedly, this is the only use at all I have of pccardc. Do you think it
: would be useful if I took just the dumpcisfile functionality and made it
: into a stand-alone program, or do you think you'll just create a dumpcis/
: dumpcisfile sort of command to go along with new pcmcia utilities?
I plan on having a pccard/cardbus utility that will do dumpcis
functionality. The input can come from hardware or a file. It can
output binary or text file. I also thought about having a CIS
compiler that would take the output of the dumpcis and produce a
binary. I was also planning on expanding the pccard/cardbus CIS quirk
stuff so that it could be loaded from a file (maybe even at boot
time).
Note: the output format would be different than the current dumpcis
format.
Linux has something very similar (or so I've been lead to believe from
indirect evidence). If it has a suitable license, I may just use it.
Warner
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