Subject: Re: putting functionality in firmware vs OS
To: David Seifert <seifert@sequent.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/29/1998 16:42:37
On Wed, 29 Jul 98 13:59:47 PDT
David Seifert <seifert@sequent.com> wrote:
> But why is the PCI spec the place for this decision?
>
> The only vendor support needed should be proper documentation.
> (Yes, I know, many vendor don't want to provide docs.)
Erg. So, that means that the 100s of different PC motherboards out there
would require SPECIAL support in the NetBSD kernel. "Um, I think I'd prefer
it if the firmware did the PCI configuration."
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