On Jul 10,  4:53pm, smb@research.att.com ("Steven M. Bellovin") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: new pcmcia devices

Yes, it would be nice to have this configuration in files , for
the PnP bus too. I wonder how hard that would be to write... but
then you'd need those files to boot. I guess it is not a big deal
if you keep the kernel tables too.

christos

| Right now, it's hard-coded; when it all works, I'll build a proper 
| patch and try to get it committed...
| 
| Thanks.
| 
| On a larger scale, though -- on Linux, adding the config information 
| was as simple as adding
| 
| card "AT&T I-card"
|   manfid 0xffff, 0x1090
|   bind "pcnet_cs"
| 
| to /etc/pcmcia/config.  The issue of 0xffff aside, it would be nice if 
| NetBSD had an external config file for such things, rather than 
| hard-coded kernel tables.  BSD/OS has an external file, too.
| 
| 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
| 		http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
| 
-- End of excerpt from "Steven M. Bellovin"