From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 5 06:29:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA12368 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 06:29:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from mailhub (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA12361 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 06:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from schizo.dk.tfs.com by mailhub (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id GAA14533; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 06:21:23 -0800 Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.dk.tfs.com [140.145.230.252]) by schizo.dk.tfs.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA01155; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:27:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.dk.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA00997; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:26:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Mike Smith cc: Nate Williams , Warner Losh , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Libretto 50 - US Version and PAO In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Nov 1997 22:20:27 +1030." <199711051150.WAA00523@word.smith.net.au> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 15:26:05 +0100 Message-ID: <995.878739965@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199711051150.WAA00523@word.smith.net.au>, Mike Smith writes: >> >> Well, from my reading of things, yes; I can't actually see anything >> >> that the card itself could actually be using to determine where it's >> >> actually mapped. It sounds like the configuration entries are >> >> basically junk there for the convenience of lazy DOS driver authors. >> >> Not quite. There are two kinds of mappings, one where the pcic does all >> the work and one where the card does the work. The latter kind should >> be used for leveling driveways with, but that is nontheless the reason >> for 80% of the CIS complexity. > >Well, from looking at the current pcic driver sources I can't see how a >mapped-at-zero card could work with what we have. That would tend to >imply to me that while they are supported by the CIS design, there >ain't too many of them around. true, but you have to support them anyway to be "compliant" :-( >How far off the mark am I? And is there a decent, non-expensive, >reference to the CIS structure anywhere? Not really. I paid a small fortune for my copy of the badly written standard :-( -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."