Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 22:07:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: devices Message-ID: <199805250507.WAA10353@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 May 1998 23:14:21 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524231249.20133Y-100000@localhost>
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> Does anyone know how a device gets itself in the list to be probed? I > know how a device file gets into the kernel, and I see the probe > function, but I don't see what calls all the probe functions. The specifics depend on the device; for ISA/EISA/PCI/ppbus you use a DATA_SET declaration to make your <bus>_device structure visible. Pseudo-devices use a SYSINIT to call their establishment functions at the appropriate time. -- \\ 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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