Subject: Re: PCI and subsystem IDs.
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Michael C. Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/06/1998 21:43:26
>>>>> "Chris" == Chris G Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org> writes:
Chris> cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>> Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> writes: > Do we
>> currently have any support for probing based on PCI Subsystem Vendor >
>> IDs and Subsystem IDs?
>>
>> Some devices certainly do check those things, yes.
Chris> In case it's not clear: they check them by digging the data out of
Chris> the configuration space header, and checking it. 8-)
Can this be done in an MI way?
Is there an existing driver that does this?
Chris> the generic PCI code needs to worry about _finding_ them. (They
Chris> don't exist at all in type-1 headers, and exist at different
Chris> places in type 0 and type 2 headers.)
Good point.
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