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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:53:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Peter Grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_smp.c
Message-ID:  <20040316125249.H96418@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <200403161016.54693.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200403161334.i2GDYpgq032042@repoman.freebsd.org> <200403161016.54693.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 March 2004 08:34 am, Peter Grehan wrote:
> > grehan      2004/03/16 05:34:51 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/kern             subr_smp.c
> >   Log:
> >   Add powerpc to temporary fix. The new cpu device claims all
> >   'generic' OpenFirmware nexus nodes, since it uses bus_generic_probe.
> >   Maybe the cpu device probe should be MD.
>
> My suggestion is to have MD code create a 'cpubus0' bus device and hang it off
> of whatever is appropriate (nexus0, root0, etc.) and let the cpu devices be
> MI and hang off of cpubus0.

I don't like the cpubus approach but haven't gotten around to your email.
Please bear with me for a day or two until work settles down.

-Nate



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