From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 21 18:02:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14941 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:49:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell6.ba.best.com (root@shell6.ba.best.com [206.184.139.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14791 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:48:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bannai@shell6.ba.best.com) Received: (from bannai@localhost) by shell6.ba.best.com (8.8.8/8.8.BEST) id RAA15095 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:48:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Vinay Bannai Message-Id: <199805220048.RAA15095@shell6.ba.best.com> Subject: Probing a PCI device!! To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:48:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] 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 Hi folks, I am trying to probe a PCI device and I am in the odd situation where the firmware has to be downloaded onto the card before I can check the Vendor/Device ID. It is set by the firmware.. How do I solve the chicken and egg problem? Or am I missing something? Thanks Vinay PS: I am not subscribed to the mailing list, could you also CC me!! -- Vinay Bannai E-mail: bannai@best.com >>> Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional <<< To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message