Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:08:57 +0100 From: phk@freebsd.org To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: DEVFS and GEOM mandatorification timeline. Message-ID: <17320.1042650537@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:52:10 EST." <15909.37306.656490.486061@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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In message <15909.37306.656490.486061@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew Gallatin writes: > > >Speaking of /dev, driver writers, and API/ABI decisions to be made >before the 5.0-stable brach, I've got a minor axe to grind. Factory >devices. > >Weren't you talking about changing the driver interface in such a way >as to make factory devices easier to implement on FreeBSD? I would >*love* to see this in 5.0-stable so that I don't have to support the >clunky old way I came up with to handle it (conjuring a vnode out of >thin air..) Or am I all wet, and its easy to do now? There are a number of ways to do this, none easy (IMO). I understand what you want, but I don't think we can credibly claim to get this into any working shape for 5-stable. But I will promise you significant "action" in this area in 6-current. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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