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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp.et.byu.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!uhog.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: What OS will work on my system? Date: 20 Oct 1994 00:36:40 GMT Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <MICHAELV.94Oct19193640@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> References: <37d9vr$589@budapest.ozonline.com.au> <jmonroyCxsJBB.916@netcom.com> <CxtC0G.L3L@veda.is> <jmonroyCxx1I8.9nI@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindbender.headcandy.iastate.edu In-reply-to: jmonroy@netcom.com's message of Wed, 19 Oct 1994 10:37:20 GMT In article <jmonroyCxx1I8.9nI@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: : This was 100% noise, or flamebait. *BSD already supports PCI and VLB, and has : done for quite some time already. : Wait?? When did anyone release a PCI version or a VLB version? Jordan.. tell me I'm quite silly. I'll save him the trouble -- you're quite silly. NetBSD has had PCI autoconfiguration support for over a month. It actually asks the PCI device what its interrupts/etc. are, and autoconfigures them intelligently. The NetBSD-1.0 autoconfiguration system actually is very intelligent, and supports interrupt sharing (with devices and drivers what will do so), as well as auto-detection and configuration of any device that is capable of reporting such in a useful manner. PCI and VLB have always worked in non-intelligent mode under NetBSD and FreeBSD (i.e. the card works with ISA/EISA drivers). You must be insane if you think people haven't been using VLB devices with NetBSD and FreeBSD for well over a year. NetBSD and FreeBSD have supported for a year to two years, and continue to support ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI peripherals that can be used with the current set of drivers. In addition, NetBSD-1.0 has intelligent support for PCI autoconfiguration. Now you can't say you don't know. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc. Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532 In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -