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Date:      Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:47:10 +1000
From:      Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, jim@siteplus.net, hm@hcs.de, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: strange 3Com 3C509 probe behaviour
Message-ID:  <20010329174710.C52230@rafe.jeamland.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103290232020.54019-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from winter@jurai.net on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:33:59AM -0500
References:  <200103290717.AAA01270@freeway.dcfinc.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103290232020.54019-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:33:59AM -0500, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> > Might this be an example of why disabling hints doesn't always make
> > things better for the user community?
>=20
> No, because the user doesn't know about the card's config better than the
> card does.  Hints are only useful for devices that can't enumerate
> themselves.
>=20
> Clearly this is a bug in the identification of cards in PnP mode.
>=20
> I'd love to be able to duplicate this so I can fix it but all my PnP cards
> work just fine

I've got a machine with two ep cards in it that exhibits this behaviour.
If you want me to run tests, feel free to get in touch.

--=20
Benno Rice
benno@FreeBSD.org

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