Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Incorrect. Scanning SCSI buses is something that does not happen > automatically. There is magic in the boot process that makes it happen > near the end, right before the kernel looks for the root device. > However, that is the exception to the rule. If you load a SCSI driver > after the kernel has booted, the SCSI channel behind it will _not_ be > probed automatically.
'camcontrol rescan all' > Take something like the if_dc(4) driver. It covers literally _dozens_ > of cards and chips, all under different brands and manufacturers. There > is no way that a single line description file will tell you if your > hardware is supported by the if_dc driver. But this is a minor nit. 1) keep drivers for ISA devices in the kernel 2) use pciconf -l (or direct access to /dev/pci) to retrieve the PCI IDs of unclaimed devices, look them up in a list of supported PCI devices, and load the appropriate module. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
