Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:38:19 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Jun-ichiro Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, core@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-jp@jp.freebsd.org Subject: Re: new config Message-ID: <199806090538.WAA29579@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:14:10 -0700 Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: So, to be quite honest, when I read the original post, I thought: "Wow... someone is finally going to do the right thing with autoconfiguration in FreeBSD." ..and when I read the reply, I literally laughed out loud. But one thing caught my eye, that I just have to comment on: > If we do it right, there won't *be* a config file entry for USB. I > can't imagine it getting much cleaner than that. 8) "How about those spiffy new USB keyboards! Sure would be nice to be able to use it before any user processes have started!" Before you ramble on about BIOS compatibility modes, I have two more words for you: alpha port Sure, new config might have some problems wrt. dynamic device configuration, but the problems are fairly well understood, and with a little time and effort, they could be fixed. Anyhow, I was amused, so I had to comment... Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 428 6939 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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