Re: au1550 support IDE harddisk or not?
Simon Burge <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.evbmips |
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| Organization | Wasabi Systems, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
"Garrett D'Amore" wrote: > Simon Burge wrote: > > "Garrett D'Amore" wrote: > >> Simon Burge wrote: > >> > >>> Needing PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE is a function of what the firmware you have > >>> on the board does, so this should be a kernel config file option and > >>> not an std.alchemy option. It's entirely possible that another Alchemy > >>> based board has firmware that sets up PCI nicely for us. > >>> > >>> > >> Given what I've seen in the YAMON source code, I'd be shocked and amazed > >> if this were true. That said, *I* made modifications to YAMON to do > >> just that, but even in this case I think PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE is OK, > >> because in the worst case the configuration will change between what the > >> PROM is using and what the kernel uses. But this will happen after the > >> kernel is loaded (possibly from a PCI device) and before it starts using > >> PCI. > >> > > > > There's nothing that says YAMON has be used in every Alchemy board > > design... > > > > Very true. I've contemplated other bootloaders myself. So we're in agreement then that we don't want PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE enabled by default (in std.alchemy)? Simon. -- Simon Burge <[email protected]> NetBSD Support and Service: http://www.wasabisystems.com/