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List: netbsd-port-i386
Subject: Re: Network Interface Cards
From: nathanw () MIT ! EDU (Nathan J ! Williams)
Date: 2000-09-30 21:44:47
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<dribbling@thekeyboard.com> (dribbling@thekeyboard.com) writes:
> NJW> I'm not talking about the conventional ISA PnP
> > framework. The plain 3c509 cards have a mechanisim
> > that allows the OS to find the cards, their IO
> > adresss, and their IRQ.
>
> That sounds useful, how does it work?
The 3c509 cards all share a particular I/O port and have a magic
sequence that activates cards in a system, one at a time, avoiding
conflict. The actual mechanisim *is* reminiscient of the ISA
Plug-and-Play isolation sequence. See sys/dev/ic/if_ep_isa.c and
elink.c for details.
> A properly documented machine should have both the I/O
> address and IRQ line of the NIC recorded somewhere, but
> since we don't live in that perfect world the approach you
> describe sounds really useful. Even if your machine is
> properly documented, you don't have to pick up the manual!
Properly documented? In the PC world? Pardon me while I cackle
maniacially for a few weeks.
- Nathan
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