Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:57:53 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>, NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa <y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp>, Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any success with CirrusLogic 6729/6730??? Message-ID: <199904061857.MAA17068@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <370A4782.B3C61AB7@newsguy.com> References: <199904061711.LAA16507@mt.sri.com> <199904061725.KAA25490@boreas.isi.edu> <199904061732.LAA16641@mt.sri.com> <370A4782.B3C61AB7@newsguy.com>
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> > > I see a sysctl variable (I think) in the probe routine used to allow > > > the suer to select the management irq. How about adding one or more > > > to select the IO ports for the controller? > > Is this the same variable mentioned in loader(8)? ???? > > This was my idea about a 'boot' config line. The problems with this > > solution is: > > > > 1) It assumes there is one PCIC controller. (The existing code has the > > same problem) > > 2) It not 'boot-time' configurable. It requires you to edit a file and > > then reboot the box before the change can take place. > > Sure it is configurable at boot time. Stop the loader, set the > variable, proceed. > > Something like the visual userconfig can be written, at the time it > becomes an issue. I don't think it's justifiable to have a 2-stage configuration. Either we use userconfig as it's written now, or we use the boot configuration stuff. Mixing/matching things only serves to confuse users. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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