Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:12:48 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr, phk@critter.dk.tfs.com Subject: Re: Parallel port developpements - ppbus Message-ID: <199708262242.IAA01587@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:40:24 %2B1000." <199708261440.AAA04055@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> > >> It makes no sense to put it there either, since sys/dev is for > >> bus-independent (parts of) drivers. > > > >Well, then I'd better move the ppbus stuff. It makes no sense to me > >to have Yet Another toplevel directory for this though, and sys/dev > >strikes me as being the ideal place for architecture-independent > >device drivers. > > > >Any consensus on this? > > No :-). > > If /sys/de/ is ideal for arch-independent drivers, why put arch-dependent > drivers in it? (ppbus/*.c is apparently arch-dependent because it includes > files from i386/isa.) This is a bug, and I am embarrassed to say that it has slipped down my list of must-fixes. None of the ppbus stuff *should* be arch-dependant in any way. mike
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