Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:36:59 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP; new options for -current! Message-ID: <20000320133659.I95266@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <14762.953494736@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 08:38:56PM %2B0100 References: <20000319131447.E6EF21CD9@overcee.netplex.com.au> <14762.953494736@critter.freebsd.dk>
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-On [20000319 21:00], Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@critter.freebsd.dk) wrote: >In message <20000319131447.E6EF21CD9@overcee.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm writes >: >>If you are using old drivers that haven't been newbusified yet, you will >>need to add 'options COMPAT_OLDPCI' and/or 'options COMPAT_OLDISA' to your >>kernel configs and regenerate. Otherwise you will get compile failures. > >I think this is premature. > >I tried to newbusify if_mn.c, but after having added about 50 lines >of code to replace the current about 10, I gave up. > >We need a highlevel wrapper for newbus before we should force people >to upgrade the old-style drivers. I already addressed that in new-bus and there is some discussion and finding out the best way to do a higher level wrapping for a lot of newbus' stuff. So rest assured, work is underway. =) -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> VIA NET.WORKS The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.bart.nl The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates, the great teacher inspires... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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