From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jun 13 10:30:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-206-88-224.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.88.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A365F37B649 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:30:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA22492; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:34:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200006131734.KAA22492@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Terry Lambert Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pci.c pcisupport.c pcivar.h In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:35:43 -0000." <200006131635.JAA08394@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:34:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The PCI issue is unique, in that PCI devices can be identified by > a generic routine. This is nonsense, and it basically removes the justification for everything else that you've said here. 8) The real situation is, in fact, just the opposite; there are *very* few devices for which it is not possible to obtain, in a generic fashion, a uniquifying token. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message