From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jun 13 10: 7: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 3617237B7ED; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:07:06 -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 KAA22395; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:10:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200006131710.KAA22395@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Luoqi Chen Cc: dcs@newsguy.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware detection code in boot loader In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:40:47 EDT." <200006131540.e5DFekh04320@lor.watermarkgroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:10:59 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > a larger issue. It is not the loader's job to detect the underlying > hardware configuration. Actually, in a broad fashion, it _is_. This is why the loader understands PCI and PnP, for example. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message