> Jason Thorpe (thorpej@nas.nasa.gov) wrote:
> : Short version of the story: the mac68k "mainbus" driver uses "indirect 
> : autoconfigration" to attach children.  This changes the second argument 
> : (the "match" argument) to the match/probe routines from a "struct cfdata *"
> : to a "struct device *" ... the ncr5380 drivers attach to mainbus on a mac.
> 
> What's an indirect autoconfiguration? (Read: how would I recognize one
> if encountered?)

"indirect autoconfiguration" is what happens when the only way you can
know if a device is there on the bus or not is to actually go out and
look for it.

"direct autoconfiguration" is the case where you can easily tell
what's there, in a device independent way.


easy example of the former:

	ISA

easy examples of the latter:

	EISA
	PCI
	TurboChannel
	sbus

and others.


How to tell what's what, looking at the sources, is a different
matter that I can detail further if people wnat me to...


cgd