From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 23 3:33:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEDC714C11 for ; Sun, 23 May 1999 03:33:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id LAA26259; Sun, 23 May 1999 11:11:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA01566; Sun, 23 May 1999 11:10:35 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199905231010.LAA01566@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Vince Vielhaber Cc: Karl Denninger , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Somers Subject: Re: Suggestion... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 10:50:20 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 11:10:35 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> I plan on doing some work on it and the dgm driver. They're almost > >> the same and should be merged. They both violate style(9) in almost > >> every way too :-[ > >> > >> I know of only one person with an Xem card (dgm driver), but he's > >> promised to send me the specs by snail mail. Once I get them, I'll > >> start the work. > >> > >> Let's leave the `alpha' there for a little longer :-) > > > > What are you planning on doing with it? Other than DDB support I can't > > imagine what could be *added* to the driver; it is one of those "just > > works" things right now. > > Why not merge the two into a *new* driver? Once it's running at an > acceptable level, drop support for the two old drivers. That way if > something breaks, the current users still have the one that works. Yes, this makes most sense. > Vince. > -- > ========================================================================== > Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null > # include TEAM-OS2 > Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com > Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com > ========================================================================== -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message