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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:19:27 -0000
From:      "Cameron Grant" <gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk>
To:        <current@freebsd.org>, <arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: newpcm/kobj
Message-ID:  <011501c06552$c1730c40$0504020a@haveblue>
References:  <015a01c064ad$96667230$0504020a@haveblue>

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> in the near future, i intend to commit my kobjified newpcm.  this gives us
> several benefits, including:
>
> * easier extensibility- new optional methods can be added to
> ac97/mixer/channel classes without having to fixup every driver.
>
> * forward compatibility for drivers, provided no new mandatory methods are
> added.
>
> however, all drivers not in the tree at this time will need to be updated.
>
> i hope to mfc to -stable in approximately one month, along with the kobj
> system.  newbus in -stable will not be kobjified.

the diff for newpcm/kobj is at http://people.freebsd.org/~cg/kobj.diff.gz

    -cg




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