From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 30 8:25:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-206-88-224.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.88.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F2E37BDD7 for ; Tue, 30 May 2000 08:25:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA00971; Tue, 30 May 2000 08:27:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005301527.IAA00971@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Dennis Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 - Isa devices not being probed (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 May 2000 12:59:04 EDT." <200005291658.MAA23819@etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 08:27:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > some people need more density than your obviously trivial needs, and the > "new" bus-oriented implementation makes writing drivers with complex > controllers much more difficult than need-be. Speaking from some experience dealing with what would have to be considered "complex" controllers, this is entirely untrue; newbus/busspace/busdma make the job a lot easier. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message