Subject: Re: EBSA Bootloader: PCI Bus-Masters?
To: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/17/1999 08:38:31
On Mon, 17 May 1999 15:47:40 +0200
Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za> wrote:
> I've written a working bootloader, and part of its task is
> to scan the PCI bus and allocate memory. There are two bits
> per device, indicating whther or not th device needs I/O
> and/or Memory access. There are straightforward to set up.
> However, there is a this bit, to decide whether or not
> Bus-Master access is required: how do I determine whether a
> certain slot requires this access, so that I know whether to
> set/clear this bit?
The NetBSD kernel deals with the bus-master bit, really. Each driver makes
sure its set if it needs it.
Don't know how precisely correct that is, but... :-)
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>