Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:59:04 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no Cc: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: per-device sysctls Message-ID: <20040226.125904.08946359.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp8yipk4gh.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <2324.1077824628@critter.freebsd.dk> <xzp8yipk4gh.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: > Dag-Erling =3D?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=3DF8rgrav?=3D writes:
: > > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > > > That is a good reason to transitioning to this, so long as we c=
an come
: > > > up with a good way to represent detached nodes.
: > > As long as they have a device_t, it should be a piece of cake.
: > Having a device_t is a property of having hardware, not of being a
: > device driver.
: =
: I believe that by "detached nodes", Warner means hardware that does
: not have a driver.
They have a device_t, however. All nodes in the tree have a device_t
(kind of by definition). Not all nodes in the tree have a devclass
associated with their device_t (eg, not all devices are attached).
this is why you'll see lots of 'unknown' nodes in the devinfo output.
Warner
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