From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 21 01:28:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA26199 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:28:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles343.castles.com [208.214.167.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA26181; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:28:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00363; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:10:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811210510.VAA00363@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Kaleb Keithley cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:51:08 EST." <199811190151.UAA29625@sunoco> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:10:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Thanks to hints from Wilco Bulte, Scott Gasch, and Martin ???, plus a few > printfs sprinkled liberally about .../pci/if_de.c, I've determined that > this particular Linksys EtherPCI LAN Card II that I have wants the ed0 > driver, not the de0 driver as the Handbook and FAQ suggest. > > I also now know why the de probe doesn't print out a message when the > probe fails. Which is not to say that I think that's good. On the > contrary, I think it's bad. C'est la vie. Printing out an error message when a PCI match fails would be stupid; every PCI device is (currently) presented to every PCI driver until one claims it. Printing a message when the match failed ("no, not for me") would produce a useless spew of garbage. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message