* Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020703 15:58]:
> Eric, for your PCI scheme, do you end up with an entry for every single
> PCI device, or for classes of devices? I'm wondering how big linuxbios
> will get to be if we have the whole PCI database in there.
>
> I wonder how the commercial bioses handle this?
special handling is only needed for very rare pluggable devices.
it rather occurs for onboard bridges and such, which are specifically
known when compiling.
> can linuxbios make everything slow and let linux handle it?
Linux has a lot of fixups for devices anyways so this should not be a
problem.
I think keeping complexity out of LinuxBIOS in this case makes a lot of
sense.
Stefan
--
The x86 isn't all that complex - it just doesn't make a lot of
sense. -- Mike Johnson, Leader of 80x86 Design at AMD
Microprocessor Report (1994)
