Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:15:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: kaleb@ics.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle Message-ID: <199811231915.MAA23348@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199811210510.VAA00363@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Nov 20, 98 09:10:11 pm
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> > I also now know why the de probe doesn't print out a message when the
> > probe fails. Which is not to say that I think that's good. On the
> > contrary, I think it's bad. C'est la vie.
>
> Printing out an error message when a PCI match fails would be stupid;
> every PCI device is (currently) presented to every PCI driver until one
> claims it. Printing a message when the match failed ("no, not for me")
> would produce a useless spew of garbage.
You need a pseudo-device at the end of the inquiry chain to catch
id's that haven't been caught by the real drivers, and to print
out a message ("PCI: no driver: id xxx ...").
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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