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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.
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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.
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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
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