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Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: New-bus unit wiring via hints..
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>
> I've argued that hints isn't the right tool to achieve
> wiring. Keep the discussion on topic.

>From what I've seen, I'm reminded of the saying, "Perhaps there is no
such thing as gravity, but instead some other force with identical
properties".

hints, to me, seems just as good as any other method to resolve this
problem. Users, can, of course, elect to disable them, if they're so
inclined.

--- Harrison