From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 25 00:25:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12334 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 May 1998 00:25:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12309 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 00:25:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA18235; Mon, 25 May 1998 00:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd018228; Mon May 25 07:24:12 1998 Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:24:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Chuck Robey cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: devices In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the generated file ioconf.c contains lists of drivers to probe. (in compile/MYKERNEL) this is for ISA for PCI it's the other way around.. the PCI code knows what is out there and calls teh appropriate driver. On Sun, 24 May 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message