From owner-cvs-all Tue Mar 6 9:15:53 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78AA537B719; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:15:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f26HFfd01202; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:15:41 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200103061715.f26HFfd01202@harmony.village.org> To: Ian Dowse 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 Cc: Maxim Sobolev , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.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> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:15:41 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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