From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jul 16 08:17:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA16881 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:17:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA16876 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:17:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id AAA24864; Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:47:19 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707161517.AAA24864@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: polling in sio.c In-Reply-To: <199707161430.AAA24669@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Marko Schuetz at "Jul 16, 97 04:30:02 pm" To: marko@ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Marko Schuetz) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:47:18 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, pw@snoopy.mv.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marko Schuetz stands accused of saying: > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Smith writes: > > [...] > > Michael> Er, you must be using the PAO kernel. I don't recommend this unless > Michael> you need it for something else; the pccard support in the standard > Michael> kernels is good enough for this. I don't actually know what this is > Michael> meant to be, but I suspect it's the "didn't generate interrupt" error. > > Why is that? What exactly is it *needed* for? I.e. What is the > difference in behavior with or without the PAO kernel? The PAO kernel has the Nomads extra stuff in it. This comprises (IMHO) about equal parts extra cruft and useful stuff. The problem is that they're concerned with their development, and the only person that's spent serious time integrating their work (Nate) is way too busy to finish the job. So there is extra support in the PAO code for some devices that don't work with the mainstream stuff, and they roll a boot disk which can be used to talk to PCCARDs while installing, but if you don't need the functionality, you're better running the mainstream code because there are more of us that can help you with it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[