From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Sep 3 1:14:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B81837B403; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 01:14:08 -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 f838E7X13802; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 02:14:07 -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 f838E6h24548; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 02:14:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200109030814.f838E6h24548@harmony.village.org> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Documenting pcic changes to -CURRENT and -STABLE Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 02 Sep 2001 22:26:42 PDT." <200109030526.f835Qg009572@intruder.bmah.org> References: <200109030526.f835Qg009572@intruder.bmah.org> <200109020412.f824CkD03205@intruder.bmah.org> <200108312226.f7VMQWk00844@intruder.bmah.org> <200109010833.f818X0h10099@harmony.village.org> <200109020416.f824G9h17457@harmony.village.org> Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 02:14:06 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <200109030526.f835Qg009572@intruder.bmah.org> Bruce A. Mah writes: : In the meantime, here's a shot at some release notes text, which I : think captures the essence of your (most excellent) explanation. If : you think this is OK, I can commit this and do an insta-MFC. : (Obviously if you have any suggestions for improvement, I'd be happy to : take them. It was hard to distill a two-page email down to a single : paragraph, and it's possible things got lost in the translation.) OK. : Thanks! : : Bruce. : : Index: new.sgml : =================================================================== : RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml,v : retrieving revision 1.122 : diff -u -r1.122 new.sgml : --- new.sgml 2001/09/01 10:52:25 1.122 : +++ new.sgml 2001/09/03 05:20:38 : @@ -240,6 +240,22 @@ : as tuneables) at compile-time using &man.config.8;'s : ENV directive. : : + On many modern hosts, PCCARD devices can be configured to be : + attached to either the ISA or PCI expansion busses. Not entirely true. : + The &man.pcic.4; driver has been updated to support both types of : + attachment (formerly, only attachment to a host's ISA bus was : + supported). In most cases, configuration of PCMCIA devices in : + laptops is simpler and more flexible. I think that you should focus on interrupt paths rather than attachment. Other than that, it looks good. In the new system, CardBus cards always ATTACH to the PCI bus, but they can route intererupts either via the PCI path or via the ISA path. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message