From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Jul 30 01:08:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA18060 for multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 01:08:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA18051; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 01:08:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA20455; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:30:42 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707300800.RAA20455@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Advice sought on PnP configuration In-Reply-To: <199707300756.AAA00286@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jul 30, 97 00:56:39 am" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:30:42 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > Tnks Michalel we do have PnP code to locate the PnP cards. The problem > is how to locate the ISA devices whether they are configured by the > kernel or not. I'm aware of this. I have just been trying to explain how you do this, as it is detailed in the PnP spec quite clearly. The issue regarding ECSD information and IRQ/DMA resources is very significant as well; without this information you cannot safely perform PnP setup no matter how good your code. > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[