From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 17 11:35: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-51.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1D837BB7E for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:34:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10722; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:43:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200007171843.LAA10722@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Alexander Langer Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removal of kvtop() on i386 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:27:22 +0200." <20000717202722.A31370@cichlids.cichlids.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:43:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Thus spake Mike Smith (msmith@freebsd.org): > > > The 'ed' driver should be rewritten to use newbus/busspace, at which > > point kvtop stops being an issue. > > kvtop() is not only an issue w/ 'ed', but also with other network > devices, such as lnc and ie. > > However, the question is "kvtop", not the ed driver :) No, the question is the immediate necessity to stop using obsoleted interfaces in device drivers, of which kvotp is just one. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message