Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:45:10 +0000 From: Rink Springer <rink@springer.cx> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLD's on ISA bus: how? Message-ID: <3A055656.30605@springer.cx> References: <3A04A8CD.6BDBB8CD@bellatlantic.net> <3A044899.9020508@springer.cx> <200011042344.QAA37170@harmony.village.org> <200011050035.RAA37476@harmony.village.org> <3A04C46A.24DF7BA6@bellatlantic.net>
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Sergey Babkin wrote: Hi, I've got a probe, attach and a dummy identify procedure for my driver now. When I load the KLD, my identify procedure gets triggered, but the probe procedure doesn't! Why? Can someone help me? I've tightly used aha_isa.c as a help... for some reason, FreeBSD doesn't appear even to CALL the probe thing! Please help me! Thanks! --Rink > > Warner Losh wrote: > > > > > > In message <3A04A8CD.6BDBB8CD@bellatlantic.net> Sergey Babkin writes: > > > > > : In 4.x if you say in config file > > > : > > > : foo at isa > > > : > > > : and provide the identify routine in the driver the result should be > > > : the same. The "ep" driver does that using a proprietary probe > > > : procedure. > > > > > > Most cards don't have that backdoor. They are either full plug and > > > play, or they are rock stupid. Come to think of it, there are some > > > that are both :-). The foo at isa might not work even in 4.x. It > > > will attach a child with no hints at all, so the probe routine won't > > > know where to look. The identify routine is the only way to deal. In > > > 4.x, you say > > > device ep > > > not > > > device ep at isa > > > iirc. > > > > Ah, right. I confused it with another case, where the probe routine > > tries to look for all possible ports. If I remember correctly, > > "aha" is an example of such device. > > > > -SB > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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