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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 17:16:54 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Vinay Bannai <bannai@best.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Probing a PCI device!! 
Message-ID:  <199805220016.RAA05820@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 17:48:32 PDT." <199805220048.RAA15095@shell6.ba.best.com> 

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> 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?

It's possible that the card is using a generic PCI bridge chip - have a 
look at the card and see.  If this is the case, you could try matching 
against the interface vendor/model rather than the device set if the 
device set is invalid.

Do the device IDs default to anything sensible?

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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