Serious Progess Re: smbios.ko probes successfully if i disable acpi sysresource, fails if i do not

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 23:18, John Utz wrote:
> 
> On Nov 1, 2006, at 7:51 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:47, john at utzweb.net wrote:
> >>
> >> So i actually do use pmap_mapdev to get a handle to the table, but  
> >> i dont
> >> do that in smbios_attach, i do it in a function written to walk  
> >> the table.
> >>
> >> but, as i alluded to previously, the original author used
> >> bus_alloc_resource() in smbios_attach() are you saying that i  
> >> should use
> >> pmap_mapdev() in smbios_attach *instead* of bus_alloc_resource()?
> >
> > Yes.  Firmware tables are not resources (at least IMHO).
> 
> ok then.
> 
> so since pmap_mapdev() returns a void* what is the current blessed  
> type that should be used for pmap_ memory handles in smbios_softc?

Eh?  Any pointer will do. :)

> i saw something char*-ish in digi_isa.c, but i saw few enuf examples  
> that it seems  to be worth asking....
> 
> tnx!
> 
> johnu
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> > -- 
> > John Baldwin
> >
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> 

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John Baldwin