Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sergey Babkin writes:

> : In 4.x if you say in config file
> :
> : foo at isa
> :
> : and provide the identify routine in the driver the result should be
> : the same. The "ep" driver does that using a proprietary probe
> : procedure.
> 
> Most cards don't have that backdoor. They are either full plug and
> play, or they are rock stupid.  Come to think of it, there are some
> that are both :-).  The foo at isa might not work even in 4.x.  It
> will attach a child with no hints at all, so the probe routine won't
> know where to look.  The identify routine is the only way to deal.  In
> 4.x, you say
>         device  ep
> not
>         device  ep at isa
> iirc.

Ah, right. I confused it with another case, where the probe routine
tries to look for all possible ports. If I remember correctly,
"aha" is an example of such device.

-SB


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