Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:59:26 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, se@FreeBSD.ORG, mo@uu.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMBIOS/DMI etc Message-ID: <199707300129.KAA16101@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199707300015.RAA03604@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jul 29, 97 05:15:14 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > I have considered adding calls to the PCI BIOS as an > > > alternate mechanism to directly reading configuration > > > space registers. But I have no intention to make the > > > PCI code depend on PCI BIOS services. > > > > This is because...? > > If I had to guess, it's probably because BIOS calls are Intel-centric. 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? I would have assumed so, from my reading of PCI-spec-derived documents. (I don't have the "real thing", obviously) > 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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