Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:13:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems getting WaveLAN device (wi0) working Message-ID: <200009212213.QAA08135@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200009212211.PAA02085@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <200009212150.PAA07960@nomad.yogotech.com> <200009212211.PAA02085@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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> > > > FreeBSD sometimes seems to mis-assign resources > > > > already in use. > > > > > > This is incorrect. > > > > No, this is true. The mobile code sometimes screws up, and attempts to > > re-use an already active resource. > > This doesn't constitute "mis-assigning" a resource, since when pccardd > submits the resource assignment to the kernel, it will be rejected by the > resource manager (and thus the resources are not mis-assigned). > > > And, it's not just the mobile code. > > Often because FreeBSD has no driver for a particular piece of hardware, > > it's unaware of the resources being used by a piece of hardware (a > > CardBus controller, or an unsupported sound card), so it assumes > > (wrongly) that the resources it is using are free, when in fact the > > hardware is still using the resources despite the fact there is no > > driver for them. > > This is also incorrect. > > FreeBSD doesn't "assign" resources for anything at this point in time, > with the dubious exception of pccardd. Umm, last I looked, this was the 'mobile' list, which implies the use of the pccardd, and it's corresponding kernel code. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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