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Date:      Wed, 12 May 1999 12:27:45 +0900
From:      NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa <y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pcisupport.c 
Message-ID:  <199905120327.DAA09999@chandra.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 May 1999 22:55:50 -0400." <199905120255.WAA28347@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> 

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> Because 4.4BSD got it wrong.  It has always been the belief of the
> FreeBSD Project's management that 4.4's totally-static configuration

No! 4.4BSD mechanism is good. Newconfig already support dynamic
configuration and *good* module support (not yet merge newconfig CVS).

> mechanism was unacceptable -- else we would have used it years ago.

It is not formal core decision.

> Our policy in all areas has been that we'd rather do the Right Thing
> than follow the crowd.

new-bus is wrong way. You are misunderstanding 4.4BSD mechanism.

--
NAKAGAWA, Yoshihisa
	y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp
	nakagawa@jp.FreeBSD.org


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