From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 12 09:00:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF6F16A4DE for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C337D43D49 for ; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:00:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6C90JZ0018273 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:00:24 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6C90Jab002103; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:00:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k6C90J9o002102; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:00:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:00:19 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com Message-ID: <20060712090019.GA723@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060711192609.14144.qmail@web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060711192609.14144.qmail@web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, mag@intron.ac Subject: Re: kern/99979: Get Ready for Kernel Module in C++ X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:00:36 -0000 --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2006-Jul-11 21:26:09 +0200, pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: >I think it would be really nice to have the IOKit, or a lookalike that uses >kobj(), available on FreeBSD. Another interesting experiment that I've >mentioned before is OpenBFS: I think the general concensus is that it's up to one of the proponents of this to actually implement it and demonstrate that it works and has no undesirable side-effects. >http://www.bug-br.org.br/openbfs/index.phtml?section=3Ddevelopment =2E.. >- Nicer code=20 >- Easier to maintain=20 These are both very subjective. For someone who isn't comfortable with C++, I doubt either are true. --=20 Peter Jeremy --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEtLoi/opHv/APuIcRAuUzAJsHXDWw9E8jHe29Y6frjfqKlz6saQCfcvPr Fom48m482FPSNhHFmghCc5Q= =Aex4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm--