"Garrett D'Amore" wrote:
> Simon Burge wrote:
> > "Garrett D'Amore" wrote:
> >> Simon Burge wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Needing PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE is a function of what the firmware you have
> >>> on the board does, so this should be a kernel config file option and
> >>> not an std.alchemy option.  It's entirely possible that another Alchemy
> >>> based board has firmware that sets up PCI nicely for us.
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Given what I've seen in the YAMON source code, I'd be shocked and amazed
> >> if this were true.  That said, *I* made modifications to YAMON to do
> >> just that, but even in this case I think PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE is OK,
> >> because in the worst case the configuration will change between what the
> >> PROM is using and what the kernel uses.  But this will happen after the
> >> kernel is loaded (possibly from a PCI device) and before it starts using
> >> PCI.
> >>     
> >
> > There's nothing that says YAMON has be used in every Alchemy board
> > design...
> >   
> 
> Very true.  I've contemplated other bootloaders myself.

So we're in agreement then that we don't want PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE
enabled by default (in std.alchemy)?

Simon.
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