Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 23:20:07 -0800 (PST) From: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/57133: PCI device ID for Intel 82801DB/BAM/CAM and ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Message-ID: <200401030720.i037K7ad041797@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/57133; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/57133: PCI device ID for Intel 82801DB/BAM/CAM and ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:17:49 +0800 (CST) On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, John Baldwin wrote: > On 01-Jan-2004 Tai-hwa Liang wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, John Baldwin wrote: > >> Current no longer displays strings like these for unprobed devices. Instead, > >> a user can use 'pciconf -lv' to find out what all the unprobed devices on a > >> system are on both 4.x and 5.x. Having the descriptive strings in the > >> chip(4) driver is now obsolete. The pciconf method also has the advantage of > >> not making the kernel larger with all the strings. > > Does that mean this PR should be closed? > > Probably, but I was waiting to see what you thought first. Well, sounds that these strings did nothing with functional effect but only enlarge the kernel. I think this PR can be closed.
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