Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:08:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, se@FreeBSD.ORG, mo@uu.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMBIOS/DMI etc Message-ID: <199707310238.MAA25196@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199707301710.KAA05257@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 30, 97 10:10:27 am"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > Fair enough. How do other platforms (PReP, Alpha, etc) handle PCI > > autoconfig? Does the BIOS on those platforms provide the same set > > of management primitives? > > There is not necessarily ROM code for doing the autoconfiguration; > some of the Alpha boxes actually have an x86 emulation in software... > they use it for video card ROMs, and booting from disk controllers, > and so on. OK, but the PCI spec doesn't require the bootstrap firmware to do it. I think in that case that PCI BIOS support is probably a waste of time. > > I would have assumed so, from my reading of PCI-spec-derived documents. > > (I don't have the "real thing", obviously) > > Why not? They are cheap... all specs go down in price to 10% of > their former cost days after I buy them. It's a law of nature. Uhh, define "cheap". Especially define "cheap" including airfreight to the antipodes. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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