Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:48:48 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: dfr@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/include console.h mouse.h src/sys/isa kbdio.c kbdio.h kbdtables.h syscons.c syscons.h timerreg.h src/sys/alpha/include/pc bios.h display.h msdos.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808070847420.27318-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199808061128.VAA14846@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Bruce Evans wrote: > >> Modified files: > >> sys/alpha/include console.h mouse.h > >> sys/isa kbdio.c kbdio.h kbdtables.h syscons.c > >> syscons.h timerreg.h > >> sys/alpha/include/pc bios.h display.h msdos.h > >> Log: > >> Port syscons to the alpha. The driver itself has moved to sys/isa > > > >It should have moved to sys/dev/syscons :-( > > Or everything in /sys/dev should have moved to a better place. > > The headers are even more misplaced. The <machine/pc> subdir should > have gone away 5 years ago. If just copying console.h (almost) worked, > then it can't be very alpha-dependent. OTOH, it is very isa-dependent. The drivers are certainly misplaced. Driver apis for drivers common to more than one architecture shouldn't really be in <machine/*> at all. I don't know where they should be though :-(. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039
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