Subject: Re: AHA-2842 and EISA config stuff
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/20/1996 17:38:37
>   Well, my 3C509 definately does show up as an EISA device.  I use my EISA config
>   program to configure it, and the disk came with an EISA config file.  But
>   I'm not sure if all 3c509's do that.
>
>The existance of an EISA config file does *not* indicate that it's an
>EISA device.  You can find EISA config files for quite a variety of
>ISA devices; they mainly exist as a repository of info about jumpers
>and whatnot.

Hmmm, I think I'm confused about the definition of "EISA device".  Are
we talking about a board that has the EISA config registers, or something
else?

BTW - The 3c509 also gets mentioned when I boot a -current kernel (something
about "device xx3C509 not configured, I think).

--Ken