In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archie Cobbs writes:
: Warner Losh writes:
: > : So why is it a separate option?
: >
: > because it is a driver. Why is pci a separate driver? While most
: > computers have it, not all do. Likewise with miibus.
:
: Ah.. but this analogy is not exact, because (for example)
: "device ed0" does not require PCI, wheras all of these miibus
: drivers do..
"device xe" does require pccard, otherwise it fails.
"device wi" requires pccard, but will silently fail if no pccard in kernel.
: But you're probably right, since it's a driver maybe that's
: a good enough reason.
I think that it is a minor flaw in our config system.
Warner
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