Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:51:14 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEW_PCIB and arm take 3 (4?) Message-ID: <20140911065114.GJ82175@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20140910213039.GB82175@funkthat.com> References: <74248385.OR9iBtFISv@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20140910213039.GB82175@funkthat.com>
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John-Mark Gurney wrote this message on Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 14:30 -0700: > John Baldwin wrote this message on Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 17:19 -0400: > > The plan for NEW_PCIB was for it to be a temporary option that would > > eventually become the default on all platforms. I have long had patches to > > provide the one step of infrastructure (namely implementing "real" > > bus_activate_resource methods) for various arm chipsets, but I haven't been > > able to get anyone to review or test them. I'm about at the point of just > > committing them in a week barring any specific reports from testers or > > reviewers. > > > > You can read more about what NEW_PCIB is at: > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/NEW_PCIB > > > > These patches aim to implement step 2 from that wiki page. However, I have no > > way to test them (and to be honest, I haven't recently tested to see if they > > will compile. I will ensure make universe passes before pushing them in if it > > comes down to that.) > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/arm_activate2.patch > > > > As I noted previously, I don't know how to properly fix i80321_pci in large > > part because I do not understand what it is doing. Warner had previously > > suggested just dropping it and if the consensus is to do that, I'd be much > > obliged for someone to make it so. > > As before, I can test on AVILA (ixp425)... What's the best way to > test the patch? Just apply, build, boot and verify that things come > up sanely? > > If so, I'll have results for you soon.. Ok, tested, and my AVILA board comes up fine and see the ath board I have on it... $ pciconf -lv ath0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x028000 card=0x2091168c chip=0x0029168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR922X Wireless Network Adapter' class = network -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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