Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:25:23 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@inse.ru> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Roman Kurakin <rik@FreeBSD.org>, Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/drivers make_device_driver.sh Message-ID: <44D89ED3.3000805@inse.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060808142616.S45647@fledge.watson.org> References: <200608061106.k76B6ahO042778@repoman.freebsd.org> <44D5F2C1.7080606@inse.ru> <20060808124221.GO54416@comp.chem.msu.su> <20060808142616.S45647@fledge.watson.org>
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We could add a "foo" driver to the LINT generated by this script with notification that it was generated and all changes should be placed to script. rik Robert Watson wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 05:46:41PM +0400, Roman Kurakin wrote: >>> Example is for developers mostly, so I in doubts about MFC compilation >>> fixup and this >>> one commit. >> >> I still can remeber that, when the world and I were younger, I used >> to study FreeBSD examples and sources for any release I had on hand >> at the moment. There still are plenty of places on the globe where >> off-line is the normal state of being, so we should provide good >> reference material for developers on our release CD's, to my mind. >> This also warrants MFC of fixes to source comments as long as they >> help to understand the code. Of course, all this is just my private >> opinion. > > In general, I think we're better served by providing skeleton or stub > implementations of code that are part of the base source tree (and > compiled as part of it) than providing scripts and detached sample > source code. The reason is that any code not attached to the tree > almost instantly rots into uselessness. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > >> >>> Roman Kurakin: >>> >>>> rik 2006-08-06 11:06:36 UTC >>>> >>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>> >>>> Modified files: >>>> share/examples/drivers make_device_driver.sh >>>> Log: >>>> - Added ability to provide (optional) path to the kernel sources >>>> - Fixed path for ${s}/conf/files.FOO and a note that it should be >>>> merged >>>> into >>>> corresponding file to be able to compile the kernel >>>> - Changed kernel configuration example with the driver: it is not >>>> produced by >>>> copying Generic but by including it >>>> - Changed from automatic module building to asking an user if it >>>> whants to >>>> >>>> Reviewed by: julian@ >>>> >>>> Revision Changes Path >>>> 1.23 +32 -19 src/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Yar >>
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