Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:17:53 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Alexander@Leidinger.net, julian@elischer.org, multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: drop snd_ from DRIVER_MODULEs... Message-ID: <20060420071753.684cdb84.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060419200607.GM38619@funkthat.com> References: <20060419110126.4iz4bj0x5wo4wwgk@netchild.homeip.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060420001239.1746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <20060419155819.GK38619@funkthat.com> <44467C06.2020406@elischer.org> <20060419202100.0987a5dc@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <444684E8.2010907@elischer.org> <20060419200607.GM38619@funkthat.com>
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--Signature=_Thu__20_Apr_2006_07_17_53_+0800_c7bAjqig6sO24Hre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:06:07 -0700 John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: > Julian Elischer wrote this message on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:43 > -0700: > > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >=20 > > >Am Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:05:58 -0700 > > >schrieb Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>: > > > > > >>John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > >> > > >>>Ian Smith wrote this message on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 00:44 > > >+1000: >> > > >>>>paqi# ll /boot/kernel | grep snd_ > > >>>>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16428 Feb 25 06:28 snd_ad1816.ko > > >>>> > > >[...] > > >=20 > > >>>>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18760 Feb 25 06:28 snd_vibes.ko > > >>>> > > >>I prefer that they keep the names and interfaces that miss the > > >if_ >prefix should probably grow them. > > > > > >Are you referring to the file names (which will not change with > > >this patch), or to the "internal ID" of the module (which > > >changes)? > >=20 > > I prefer that the file names have the prefix and that the file > > names match the module names as much as possible. >=20 > And just because you seem to be late in the conversation, I do not > plan on changing the file names, they are fine the way they are.. >=20 > but if we do keep them the same, then we need to change how modules > are named... because for the most part, modules are named by > bus/device... If you really think that the module names should grow > the prefix, then we should change the module names to not include > the bus attachment: > 32 pci/atapci > 37 pci/em > 38 fwohci/firewire > 39 pci/fwohci > 41 firewire/fwe > 50 miibus/e1000phy > 71 pcib/pci > 72 pci/pcib > 169 nexus/legacy > 172 legacy/mptable_pcib > 174 root/nexus > 187 legacy/pcib >=20 > acpi.ko: > 3 nexus/acpi > 6 pcib/acpi_pci > 7 acpi/acpi_pcib >=20 > The acpi_pci and acpi_pcib attachments are a bit special as they use > classes to modify the underlying pci and pcib behavior.. >=20 I don't have any objection on this, but I do agree with Julian in a sense that "ich" could mean something else (ich SATA, ich this, that) though currently ATA (or others) does not make such provision. -- Ariff Abdullah FreeBSD --Signature=_Thu__20_Apr_2006_07_17_53_+0800_c7bAjqig6sO24Hre Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFERsUllr+deMUwTNoRAsZ7AKCQ9ueTB2ivYJrLgqp7J9sD/B4TiACfVIY0 /RQtZsARGiT3Rluu2nwfOKc= =coo7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__20_Apr_2006_07_17_53_+0800_c7bAjqig6sO24Hre--
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