In article <200108131505.AAA13783@srapc342.sra.co.jp>
soda@sra.co.jp wrote:

> Hmm, I thought PCI_NETBSD_CONFIGURE is a feature for platforms
> that its firmware doesn't do pci device configuration.
> (And such firmware breaks PCI specification, IIRC.)

I guess it is used for machines which have _broken_ firmware :-)
Anyway, I just tried it, and I don't think it is recommended on arc.

> Is there any problem with the patch in <87ae2yzrca.wl@alicia.a-r.org>?
> (cgd mentioned the expansion ROM should be disabled anyway.)

The patch actually fixes siop(4) problem, but I'm not sure
if it is a _real_ fix...

(There is XXX comments even in current necpb_init().)
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp