Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 18:31:48 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Fred Gilham <gilham@csl.sri.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change in kernel from 2.1 on CD to FreeBSD-stable Message-ID: <199601260231.SAA27219@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:59:38 PST." <199601251659.IAA14720@lily.csl.sri.com>
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>I've posted this in usenet but I'd also like to ask this more directly. I >noticed that the FreeBSD-stable kernel probes the PCI bus before the ISA bus. >This causes it to fail to boot on my pentium server. When I change the order >in autoconf.c then it works fine. Formerly, in 2.1, the kernel would probe th >e >ISA bus before the PCI bus. > >Was this change made intentionally? Will it be permanent? The change was made so that PCI devices that have an ISA compatibility mode would be found by the "safer" PCI probe first. We're still looking into the ramifications of this change (it wasn't expected to cause any problems), but if a solution to the types of problems you're seeing cannot be found, the change will be reverted. The problem is most likely in our very crufty ISA code which I hope to look into after my next round of eisaconf changes. > >- >Fred Gilham gilham@csl.sri.com > > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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