Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 09:12:45 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: stefan@promo.de (Stefan Bethke), luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-PnP w\o BIOS support? Message-ID: <199805061512.JAA05330@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199805060028.RAA18956@bubba.whistle.com> References: <220969.3103357457@d254.promo.de> <199805060028.RAA18956@bubba.whistle.com>
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> I agree with Stefan's sentiment. It seems like this should be > the paradigm: > > CASE #1: Kernel config file looks like this: > -------------------------------------------- > > device foo0 > > In this case, the kernel automatically configures stuff for driver > foo0. If the BIOS has already configured the card, and that's > acceptable, the kernel can go along. Otherwise, the kernel should > pick resources that are free and configure the card itself. > > > CASE #2: Kernel config file looks like this: > -------------------------------------------- > > device foo0 port 0x220 irq 7 vector foointr > > Kernel should override whatever is already configured in the > card (if anything) with the given values. > > > Does this make sense to anyone else besides me? What are the > technical things that need to be done to make it happen? Changing FreeBSD entirely so that interrupts can be specified in non-ISA devices. BTW - If someone takes on this task, I and the rest of the mobile folks would be very grateful. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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