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? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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