From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 15:07:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02457 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:07:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (daemon@smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02307; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:06:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr01.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09484; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:06:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd009451; Wed Jun 10 15:06:39 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA14360; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:06:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199806102206.PAA14360@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: new config To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 22:06:36 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, me@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199806102142.OAA13468@implode.root.com> from "David Greenman" at Jun 10, 98 02:42:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >1) There was a driver setup disk. It knew how to identify the > > card and determine the interrupt. The FreeBSD driver could > > have done this as well, but it simply didn't have the code > > for it. This would not have been a destructive probe; the > > chip had already been located. > > In most cases, the software interface specification for how to do this > is unavailable. I do actually have some info for WD/SMC cards, which is > why I added support for "?" for the interrupt, in which case the kernel > reads it from the EEPROM. Do you have a German contact with a copy of "Sourcer" from V Communications, Inc., to whom you could send the setup disk? This type of thing can get documented in minutes... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message