Re: pci cardbus

From: M. Warner Losh (imp_at_bsdimp.com)
Date: 04/02/04

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    In message: <200403241615.51298.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
                John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
    : On Wednesday 24 March 2004 03:31 pm, Julian Elischer wrote:
    : > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, John Baldwin wrote:
    : > > On Thursday 18 March 2004 05:46 pm, n0g0013 wrote:
    : > > > : cbb0: <TI1410 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 11 at device \
    : > > > : 13.0 on pci0
    : > > > : cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
    : > > > : pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
    : > > >
    : > > > however, still no evidence of results from either
    : > >
    : > > Note that the cbb driver and NEWCARD don't use pccardc or pccardd. You
    : > > should just be able to insert a card and if it is supported it will just
    : > > start working.
    : >
    : > Of course we do NEED a daemon involved so that it is possible to support
    : > new cards without recompiling the kernel..
    : > We certainly need to be able to say
    : > "this new card should be treated like that card 'X' that you already
    : > know about"
    :
    : That is something that devd is supposed to handle, though the kernel doesn't
    : have support for that sort of thing yet. pccardd is dead however and only
    : for OLDCARD.

    No. devd does not handle it. Nor shall it. devd will handle
    dispatching events that can be used to load devices, but another
    mechanism is necessary to cope. I'm trying to do it in a bus
    independent manner, but it may wind up being bus specific.

    Warner
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