Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:15:41 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/ed Makefile src/sys/dev/ed if_ed.cif_ed_pccard.c if_ed_pci.c if_edreg.h if_edvar.h src/sys/i386/confGENERIC NEWCARD Message-ID: <200103061715.f26HFfd01202@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Mar 2001 12:04:49 GMT." <200103061204.aa62612@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200103061204.aa62612@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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In message <200103061204.aa62612@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Ian Dowse writes: : In message <3AA4C637.D777CB97@FreeBSD.org>, Maxim Sobolev writes: : > : >I don't like this not only because it bloats kernel with unnecessary in many : >cases "device miibus" but also makes "device pci" mandatory even for isa-only : >systems. : : The requirement for `device pci' looks like an unfortunate side : effect of this commit which can almost certainly be fixed. I haven't : looked too closely yet, but your earlier message to -current suggests : that it is a problem with the existing `dcphy' mii driver. I'll : look into this later. : : Regarding the bloat caused by adding `device mii', which is currently : around 60k, it would be nice if it was possible to compile in only : the necessary miibus drivers. Maybe NetBSD has something to offer : here, since their miibus code has changed substantially since it : was imported to FreeBSD. Another approach would be to make MII : support optional in the ed driver. I think the time has come to stop overloading ed and create a lsys driver for these cards. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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