From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 25 6:37:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C968156EC for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 06:37:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA17789; Tue, 25 May 1999 09:38:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA19439; Tue, 25 May 1999 09:37:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id JAA05274; Tue, 25 May 1999 09:37:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:37:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199905251337.JAA05274@lakes.dignus.com> To: rivers@dignus.com, roger@cs.strath.ac.uk Subject: Re: How to find the PCI chipset type inside a driver Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <374AA5B4.5D8D22B6@cs.strath.ac.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Dave > > > Just a thought - not really an answer to your question... but... > > > > I struck me that since bt848 isn't in the default kernel (you have > > to build your own kernel for it) - couldn't you just make this > > a flag in the config file? > > > > Then, a couple of #ifdef's in the bt848 driver would handle it. > > Actually, this is how I have implemented it. I have just commited to > -current. > Great minds think alike. :-) > > FYI, the linux bt848/bt878 driver is able to probe around and work out > for itself that it is on an old triton 430fx board. > > Bye > Roger > Just out of curiosity - every now-and-then, when watching TV with my bt848 - the machine will lock up hard... could this be related? I'm not sure what the motherboard is in this machine (the documentation which should be right here appears to have walked off...) But, what are the problems one might expect from this issue? - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message