Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:20:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Vinay Bannai <bannai@best.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: bannai@best.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Probing a PCI device!! Message-ID: <199805220220.TAA28154@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <199805220016.RAA05820@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "May 21, 98 05:16:54 pm"
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According to Mike Smith: > > 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? > Oops!! Just found that the bootstrap routine on the card sets the configuration registers. This happens as soon as the system is switched on. After this I download the firwmare. Sorry about that!! Should have checked the specs more clearly before posting. Thanks Vinay -- 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
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