Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:20:11 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Re: Automatic load of PCI kernel modules [WAS: [RFT] Automatic load of USB kernel modules] Message-ID: <FBCDF11A-C03F-49C8-B6AB-D038822A2CBA@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOfDtXPBrpqd3MF5VWF=Ca5z=kwWHw9vduEDmJMmCemZD5omBA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201106242342.47194.hselasky@c2i.net> <ACCD2B48-1E78-42B6-883E-542FDFD567F6@bsdimp.com> <201106251907.02052.hselasky@c2i.net> <201106260738.21847.hselasky@c2i.net> <3FC50F07-2C7B-4DD4-A75C-49001CFEF85D@bsdimp.com> <CAOfDtXPBrpqd3MF5VWF=Ca5z=kwWHw9vduEDmJMmCemZD5omBA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 15, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Robert Millan wrote: > 2011/6/26 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>: >> I like the idea of having a standardized table. I've done this with = PC Card and it really works well. It isn't the design pattern that all = drivers use, and it may be hard to get everyone lined up on this. I = tried PCI back after I did PC Card and met resistance. Most of the = resistance was from people that are no longer active in the project, so = I think that we could do this today. I suspect that some of the vendor = drivers today might stand in the way of having PCI be completely = uniform. >>=20 >> The big advantage of USB is that it is uniform now. PCI isn't. It = would take a lot of work to make it uniform. >=20 > If only some PCI drivers can be made uniform, why not provide devd > autoload support only to those drivers whose maintainers choose to > make them uniform? This would give those opposing uniformity a > compelling reason to change their view, without forcing them into it. Sure. The problem is that I don't want it to be another hack like the = current USB which is specific to PCI. Warner
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