Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 01:01:39 +1000 From: "Hallam Oaks P/L list account" <mlnn4@oaks.com.au> To: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 'struct isa_device' advice sought Message-ID: <199809161502.BAA22369@mail.aussie.org>
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:47:12 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: >On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 10:24:39PM +1000, Hallam Oaks P/L list account wrote: >> My question is this : is the concept of a PCI card masquerading (in >> a limited sense) as an ISA one a legitimate approach ? Is it likely >> to cause problems ? I know it's a kludge but the alternative is >> also not particularly desirable. > >The alternative is particularly desireable, and I hope to get time to >fix it Real Soon Now. It is also necessary to be able to get a clean >integration of the PnP code (which I have a hacky intergration of >now). ok, from an architecture point of view it's desirable, but recoding all of that section to suit PCI (in a consistent manner such that it integrates cleanly with the rest of i4b) is probably too much for me to bite off right now. I simply don't have a good enough grasp of the i4b package as a whole to do it intelligently :) Nevertheless ... I have a card I need to get going. What do you suggest ? Is the isa masquerading going to be more trouble than it's worth ? -- Chris Hallam Oaks P/L To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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