From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 2 03:41:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBFAE16A40D; Tue, 2 May 2006 03:41:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1635943D4C; Tue, 2 May 2006 03:41:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k423fJju036237; Mon, 1 May 2006 21:41:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4456D4E9.5030607@samsco.org> Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 21:41:29 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051230 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Sobolev References: <200605010015.k410FDef095624@repoman.freebsd.org> <4456B86D.2080207@FreeBSD.org> <4456BC5A.2090308@samsco.org> <4456C049.2020805@errno.com> <4456C244.8020509@samsco.org> <4456C28C.502@errno.com> <4456C4C5.7030602@samsco.org> <20060502033659.GA32417@gk.360sip.com> In-Reply-To: <20060502033659.GA32417@gk.360sip.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, SUBJ_HAS_SPACES autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: Sam Leffler , src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 Makefile rr232x.4 src/sys/dev/rr232x LICENSE README amd64-elf.rr232x_lib.o.uu array.h him.h himfuncs.h hptintf.h i386-elf.rr232x_lib.o.uu ldm.h list.h os_bsd.c os_bsd.h osm.h osm_bsd.c rr232x_config.c ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 03:41:28 -0000 Fair enough, I'll give this a try and see what happens. Scott Maxim Sobolev wrote: > IMHO it is misleading, since FreeBSD users get used to the fact > that the driver only announces itself if actual hardware is present > in the system. With number of supported devices in GENERIC growing > up dmesg will eventually turn into mess if each device driver will > announce itself unconditionally. > > At the very least, please put those printf's under if (bootverbose). > > -Maxim > > On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 08:32:37PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>Sam Leffler wrote: >> >>>Scott Long wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Sam Leffler wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Scott Long wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>The architecture of the driver makes this a request hard to do. I >>>>>>don't like it, but there is precedence already with the ath driver. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I'm guessing you're referring to ath bailing if the hal could not be >>>>>attached or the card otherwise setup? If so the card was actually >>>>>recognized and failure to complete the attach is totally separate. >>>>> >>>>>ath doesn't print anything during probe. >>>>> >>>>> Sam >>>> >>>> >>>>I thought that the ath hal printed a line early in boot with the >>>>version number. >>> >>> >>>The hal is a separate module. It prints it's version string on module >>>load. I can put it under bootverbose if desired but it's way useful to >>>tell people to send me: >>> >>>dmesg|grep ath >>> >>>and get the hal version and mac+phy revs for the hardware. >>> >>> Sam >> >>The same is basically true of rr232x, though there is no module >>separation of HAL vs OSM like with ath. >> >>Scott >>