Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 10:37:56 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pci probes with multiple "units" (MORE) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970428103753.00bce770@etinc.com>
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At 09:26 PM 4/27/97 -0400, dennis wrote: >At 08:56 AM 4/28/97 +1000, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: >> >> >>On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Sales wrote: >> >>> A suggestion: >>> >>> When pci devices are probed, the O/S prints out something similar >>> to this: >>> >>> eth0 <ET/5025PQ QUAD Adapter> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:17 >>> eth1 <ET/5025PQ DUAL Adapter> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:18 >> >>Has ET Inc *really* called its synch serial card devices 'eth'? Isn't >>that a recipe for customer confusion? What are they called in Linux, >>where all ethernet cards are 'eth'? It would be nice if, for once, we didn't get sidetracked by trivial things and actually address the *problem* that I'm reporting, that is, the distinction between *adapter* number and device unit. Dennis Dennis
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