From owner-freebsd-current Sat Sep 26 23:02:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA15425 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 23:02:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA15413 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 1998 23:02:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA10172; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 07:56:54 +0200 (CEST) To: David Holland cc: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current is Really Broken(tm) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Sep 1998 23:03:49 EDT." <98Sep26.230357edt.37768-5346@qew.cs.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 07:56:53 +0200 Message-ID: <10170.906875813@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <98Sep26.230357edt.37768-5346@qew.cs.toronto.edu>, David Holland writes: > > > > > > For any SLICE/GEOMETRY implementation, the discovery and instantiation > > of the network of handlers and devices is the most tricky part, > > no doubt about that. > > > > There are two basic ways to skin that cat: > >I think this is a false dichotomy; the way I'd probably implement it >if I set out on such a project is neither of these, but a mixture, as >follows: I pretty much thought so a couple of years ago as well. Then I tried to implement it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message