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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: 82378ZB PCI ISA Bridge
To: regnauld@tetard.hsc.fr (Philippe Regnauld)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:14:44 -0700 (MST)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, se@FreeBSD.org, Ollivier.Robert@hsc.fr
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> 	We're considering buying Tadpole  Pentium notebooks to run FreeBSD.
> 	We've tried running  2.1.0 Release, but the PCI  bridge chip is not
> 	recognized -- it's references: 82378 ZB...  

A bridge chipset need not be recognized if it is correctly initialized
to workable values by the POST initialization in the BIOS.  Most are,
and most bridges aren't recognized as a result.

Talk to Stefan Esser for details.

> 	I checked out my current sources, and it has since been added (July
> 	1995)
> 
> 	Question: is it possible to directly patch /sys/pci/pcisupport.c
> 	in 2.1.0 with the current version ? 

Stefan is your guy...

I believe the system should "run fine" without recognizing the bridge
chips.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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