From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 23 18:49:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA22771 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA22766 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:49:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA13275; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:49:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981123214901.A13260@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:49:01 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" To: Bruce Evans , mjacob@feral.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Breakage in -current for the ALPHA References: <199811231616.DAA03041@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199811231616.DAA03041@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 03:16:57AM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 03:16:57AM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > >> They traditionally go in sys (e.g., ttycom.h). Of course, there is > >> no such thing as a machine independant driver API. There isn't even > >> such a thing as a machine independent driver API. > > > >Eh? The second sentence might have been 'machine *dependent*'? > > > >In either case, what do you mean? There most certainly is both a DDI and > >DKI for *BSD. There are MI functions (even in FreeBSD which is > >historically less sensitive to MI vs MD issues) such as bcopy (DKI) or > >devswitch functions. There are MD functions such as isa_configure (DDI). > > 1. Mispelling of `dependent' is annoying. ^^^^^^^^^^ The misspelling of `misspelling' when trying to make a point about correct spelling is also annoying. :) -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > 2. Nothing is really machine independent. > > Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message