From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 9 22:31:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C2A37B405; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f8A5Vq604442; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:31:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f8A5Vqt13429; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:31:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200109100531.f8A5Vqt13429@harmony.village.org> To: Soren Kristensen Subject: Re: PCI probe reordering? Cc: Bsdguru@aol.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.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> Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 23:31:52 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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