From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 15 18:53:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA09701 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:53:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chandra.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp ([202.247.4.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09696 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp) Received: from nwsl.mesh.ad.jp (localhost.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp [127.0.0.1]) by chandra.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA03052; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:50:58 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199812160250.LAA03052@chandra.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp> To: Mike Smith cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO Integration? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:31:37 PST." <199812151231.EAA05213@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:50:58 +0900 From: NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > config(8) does two things; it builds static tables of configuration > data, and it arranges for code aggregation into a kernel object. newconfig" is not only config(8), but also include bus and device configuration code. See: sys/kern/subr_autoconf.c (in "newconfig", it it much better.) Now, "newconfig" support static-linked kernel only, but it is first step. On near future, we support UserConfig, and next target is dynamic loadable module. These configuration, we support "newconfig" integrated. > > On "new-bus", How to handle boot device like console, fd, wd, ... ? > > I can't make sense of this question; could you expand a little? I think, some case needs statically-configuration. So, using boot-time divices, I think that they are statically-configurated. I want to know if new-bus using another way. Mike, new-bus is good; but "newconfig" is also good, I think. Until now, same purpose drivers stand side by side in FreeBSD. (example, Voxware and Luigi's new audio driver, BSD ATM and HARP, ...) "new-bus" and "newconfig", I think same relation. Choose by users. -- NAKAGAWA, Yoshihisa y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp nakagawa@jp.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message