From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 10 11:00:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F0016A4F3; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rik@inse.ru) Received: from mail.inse.ru (inse.ru [144.206.128.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9789843D60; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:00:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rik@inse.ru) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (www.inse.ru [144.206.128.1]) by mail.inse.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FFFF33C66; Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:00:37 +0400 (MSD) Message-ID: <44DB13F7.3050306@inse.ru> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:09:43 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060624) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yar Tikhiy References: <200608061106.k76B6ahO042778@repoman.freebsd.org> <44D5F2C1.7080606@inse.ru> <20060808124221.GO54416@comp.chem.msu.su> <20060808142616.S45647@fledge.watson.org> <44D89ED3.3000805@inse.ru> <20060808152429.W45647@fledge.watson.org> <44DA5C5A.70404@inse.ru> <20060810063312.GD93633@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <20060810063312.GD93633@comp.chem.msu.su> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Roman Kurakin , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov , Robert Watson Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/drivers make_device_driver.sh X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:00:44 -0000 Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:06:18AM +0400, Roman Kurakin wrote: > >> Robert Watson: >> >> >>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Roman Kurakin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> We could add a "foo" driver to the LINT generated by this script with >>>> notification that it was generated and all changes should be placed >>>> to script. >>>> >>> I guess I can't help but wonder if a script is necessarily better than >>> a well-commented template. >>> >> Today I've talked with ru@. He suggests to put an example to tree and >> change script to produce >> a copy of driver using example from tree as a template via sed or smth >> like that. It sounds like >> a good idea. We could have a single dir in subtree with various examples >> and a set of scripts that >> could produce from one of the examples a driver to start with. >> > > ...and if you manage to make the driver do some real job so that > people start using it in production, it will have nearly zero chance > to fall into oblivion; it will remain in a very good shape instead. > No, I'm telling nonsense here: A useful driver will be hacked > sooner or later into a huge, ugly, incomprehensible beast reeking > with features. :-) > If you want to add a new functionality you just need to create a new example. Probably it wouldn't be bad to have a driver with higher level of complexity that can do the same (and more) than the other one that is much more simple. rik