From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 12 08:06:15 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 1004716A4DE; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:06:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D3843D53; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:06:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5D619.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.214.25]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6C7uoZ9011943; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:56:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k6C86CUv094262; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:06:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:06:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20060712100612.o2ne00ezs0og4ckg@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:06:12 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: "M. Warner Losh" References: <868xn0z8w9.fsf@xps.des.no> <1152629241.24779@origin.intron.ac> <20060711.103203.635732778.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060711.103203.635732778.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:31:16 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, joel@freebsd.org Subject: improving drivers (was: 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 08:06:15 -0000 Quoting "M. Warner Losh" (from Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:32:03 -0600 (MDT)): > As to your other points, the resource allocation repetition has been > improved with bus_alloc_resources. the trouble is that many drivers > haven't been converted to use the new api. Would you please come up with a plain text version what needs to be done suitable for our ideas list (http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/)? It sounds like a junior kernel hacker task and so far we get a lot of good results out of the ideas list. Bye, Alexander. -- "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" -- Steven Wright http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137