Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:45:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update of if_dc driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911271443570.318-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199911251954.OAA14315@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Bill Paul wrote: > My goal is to try and get this driver into 4.0 as soon as possible so > I can use it as a replacement for the al, ax, dm, pn and mx drivers. > However, there's a small problem: the de driver already supports the > 21143, although it does so poorly according to some people. We can't > have both drivers trying to support the same chip. I want to be able > to turn off 21143 support in if_de and let if_dc handle them, but I > don't want to annoy people who are using if_de with 21143 cards now > and not having any trouble. What do people think? Does anybody have > anything against me transfering support for the 21143 from if_de to > if_dc? Does anybody have a better idea? I'm open to suggestions. Why not use the probe priority system. For 21143 cards, return a negative number from de_probe and zero from dc_probe. If dc is present, it will win the auction and if not, de will get the hardware. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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