From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Feb 13 19:49:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092034B15 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:49:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA35313; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002140350.TAA35313@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Matthew N. Dodd" Subject: Re: i386/16620: 4.0-20000208-CURRENT fails to boot on ASUS P5A-B Reply-To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/16620; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Jin Guojun Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/16620: 4.0-20000208-CURRENT fails to boot on ASUS P5A-B Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 22:45:32 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Jin Guojun wrote: > It should be possible to have the "ep" driver to tell the caller -- > bus scanner -- that "ep" uses the port 0x300, so do not scan any > further device that has a dependent description -- at isa? port 0x300. > Just like it works before. Thats not the issue. The issue is that other drivers aren't listening. > What is the reason to take out "at isa? port 0x300" from the > device ep Because the 'ep' driver uses an IDENTIFY method to find devices and doesn't need hardcoding any more. > line? Can we still have this information in "device ep" line? No. Hardcoded 'hints' are not supported. If you specify hints for an ep device its likely it will try and attach twice. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message