Subject: Re: What do you think?
To: None <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: None <David@ixibbs.iximd.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 04/30/2001 11:33:02
So let me see here, does that mean that ISA is a machine Dependent bus.

If ISA isn't native to SH4, what kind of buses are?  If the BBA "in a
sence" is a PCI device then is PCI native to SH4. IN>
IN>>>>>> "David" == David  <David@ixibbs.iximd.com> writes:
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IN>  David> Well am I right if I say, build an ISA/IDE bus then 1. you don't n
IN>  David> drivers for the ISA bus just the hardware sitting on it.
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IN>Nope, the other way around.  :-)  If you attach hardware devices for
IN>which there already is a machine independent driver in NetBSD, you
IN>don't need to write a new driver.  You do need to write a driver for
IN>the bus though, to tell NetBSD that it exists and how to access it.
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IN>  // Marcus
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