From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 11 14:39:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B6416A4D5; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:39:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA2C43E56; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:22:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost.nic.fr [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBBMM7Da063602 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK CN=khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu issuer=SSL+20Client+20CA); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:22:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hBBMM7rf063601; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:22:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:22:07 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200312112222.hBBMM7rf063601@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: jhb@freebsd.org X-Newsgroups: mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-arch In-Reply-To: References: <20031211125356.V50668@root.org> Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science X-Spam-Score: -9.9 () IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.37 cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Common device driver classes? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:39:28 -0000 In article you write: >altogether, and just have cpuX hang directly off of root0, or off of >something like nexus0 if that's what you want to do. `nexus' nodes are intended to be the places that CPUs are attached to the rest of the system. (I think it's a bug that ACPI calls itself a bus; functionally, it should be a nexus.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | As the Constitution endures, persons in every wollman@lcs.mit.edu | generation can invoke its principles in their own Opinions not those of| search for greater freedom. MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - A. Kennedy, Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. ___ (2003)