From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 08:16:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDA5716A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:16:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97E8243D2D for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:16:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i7V8Fe5O009586; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 04:15:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@127.0.0.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20040830.223021.70219797.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20040830192316.6B6CD12351@shub-internet.kew.com><56850.10938943 70@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040830.223021.70219797.imp@bsdimp.com> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:09:54 +0200 To: "M. Warner Losh" From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI SIO devices hog interrupts, cause lock order problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:16:02 -0000 At 10:30 PM -0600 2004-08-30, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : This could be vastly improved if the data structure puc uses were > : more intelligent. Man cards could be described simply by their > : PCI ID and "fill resource #1 with sio ports" rather than the very > : space consuming and errorprone stuff we do now. > > The stuff we do now is trying to be too smart. Most single port cards > are like phk says, but multiport is where things really go wonkies... Go wonkies?!? OMG ROTFLMAOTIPMTU!!! I think this *has* to qualify as the funniest thing I have ever heard you say or seen you type! -- Brad Knowles, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See for more info.