Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:09:11 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Nomad Esst <noname.esst@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Autoconfiguration procedure in FreeBSD Message-ID: <CANCZdfqe7Ddr0UELvDTLxF_jyHUBzfqp0xHWhzpvrxXgfROV5Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201814334.318524.1474787118881@mail.yahoo.com> References: <201814334.318524.1474787118881.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <201814334.318524.1474787118881@mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Nomad Esst via freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> wrote: > I'm studying FreeBSD kernel internals on my own, I'm reading "FreeBSD Dev= ice Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid" by Joesph Kong. In chapter 7 "newbus= and resource allocation", he says "Autoconfiguration is the procedure carr= ied out by FreeBSD to enable the hardware devices on a machine (McKusick an= d Neville-Neil, 2005). It works by systematically probing a machine=E2=80= =99s I/O buses in order to identify their child devices". I'm wondering whe= re this "Autoconfiguraion procedure" is deployed in FreeBSD? sys/kern/subr_bus.c
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