Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Mike Smith
> Would you ever want "miibus" even if you're NOT using any of > the cards that require it? > > I guess you might need it to be able to KLD load one of those > drivers.. ? But that's no argument becuse you could just have > a miibus.ko that was a dependency of those drivers. > > So why is it a s

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
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 (fo

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
Archie Cobbs writes: > But you're probably right, since it's a driver maybe that's > a good enough reason. ^^ Oops, meant "bus" instead of "driver" there.. -Archie ___ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Commun

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
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

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archie Cobbs writes: : Warner Losh writes: : > : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not : > : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still : > : not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus comm

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
Warner Losh writes: > : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not > : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still > : not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commented > : out, I'm just assuming it's still required &g

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
In message <000901c00d15$014ef540$020a@development1> "Daryl Chance" writes: : I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still : not ma

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Daryl Chance
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:30 AM Subject: Re: 4.1 ReleaseMIIBUS > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Daryl Chance wrote: > > :Hi, > : > :I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though > :not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is stil

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread David Scheidt
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Daryl Chance wrote: :Hi, : :I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though :not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not :marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still :not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with m

4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Daryl Chance
Hi, I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commented out, I'm just assuming it's