Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:19:48 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dynamic update of usb/pci/quirks tables Message-ID: <20080928201948.GE36572@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20080928.135855.1708680935.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20080928100731.GA49323@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20080928.135855.1708680935.imp@bsdimp.com>
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* M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> [080928 13:01] wrote: > uscanner_devs and sis_devs aren't quirks. They are device tables. > > You've repeated ignored the mapping idea that I've posted. You can't > just add stuff to tables randomly and expect that to work (says > someone who has actually done this to lots of drivers in the tree in > the pccard era). the driver has to know what kind of device to treat > it as. > > Putting a translation table into the kernel is much easier and you > don't have to worry about hokey kludges like what you describe with > 'patch'. > > Maybe it will work out for the other tables you want to update, but it > won't work well for device tables. I really like the idea of using a kmod to just add the new device strings.. (some form of what Hans did). -Alfred
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