Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:22:07 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Breakage in -current for the ALPHA Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9811230819050.9625-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <199811231616.DAA03041@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> They traditionally go in sys (e.g., ttycom.h). Of course, there is > >> no such thing as a machine independant driver API. There isn't even > >> such a thing as a machine independent driver API. > > > >Eh? The second sentence might have been 'machine *dependent*'? > > > >In either case, what do you mean? There most certainly is both a DDI and > >DKI for *BSD. There are MI functions (even in FreeBSD which is > >historically less sensitive to MI vs MD issues) such as bcopy (DKI) or > >devswitch functions. There are MD functions such as isa_configure (DDI). > > 1. Mispelling of `dependent' is annoying. Eh? feral-gw.feral.com > grep dependent /usr/dict/words dependent dependently dependents independent independently interdependent > 2. Nothing is really machine independent. So? That's spurious logic. We all die, therefore we shouldn't attempt to live? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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