Subject: Re: More Device Properties
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@sibyte.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/14/2001 12:07:45
eeh@netbsd.org writes:
> Yes, the PCI infrastructure may need to be modified slightly to
> allow MD properties to be associated with device nodes.  I don't
> think it's a big issue.  It could attach the current bus/slot/pin/etc.
> data as properties on the device node then call some MD hook which
> can read them and add whatever it needs.

There's another solution that doesn't involve modifying the MD PCI
code:

in the md getprop routine that's invoked if the property can't be
found ...  8-)


cgd