Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 23:31:52 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com> Cc: Bsdguru@aol.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI probe reordering? Message-ID: <200109100531.f8A5Vqt13429@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Sep 2001 19:10:10 PDT." <3B9C2102.4AC887E1@soekris.com> References: <3B9C2102.4AC887E1@soekris.com> <6f.1a7105ea.28cd5bb7@aol.com>
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In message <3B9C2102.4AC887E1@soekris.com> Soren Kristensen writes: : Aren't operating systems supposed to use the PCI BIOS calls for finding : devices ? So the scanning order would then be controlled by the BIOS, : and then always follow the intent of the hardware manufacturer ? Or is : there problems with their intent ? Too bad the PCI BIOS sucks *WAY* too bad to use it for these things. The recent fiasco in the MFC of the PCI BIOS stuff shows this *WAY* to clearly. Otherwise, it is another of those great theories that are shot to hell with the facts. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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