Subject: Re: Multiple values for locators
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/26/1997 15:44:14
>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:16:09 -0700 (MST)
>From: Chris Torek <torek@BSDI.COM>

>When I was first trying to pin down a syntax, I wanted to be
>able to say things like:
>
>	dev3 at bus1 addr 35 or 53	# meaning 35 or 53 on bus1

We don't really need 'or' so much as 'and'.

Perhaps a better way for our purposes might be to use 'and' instead of
a comma; this would make use of multiple locators look something like:

wdc0 at isa? port 0x1f0 and 0x3f6 irq 14
sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 and 5  # (SB16)
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