From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jan 28 17:28:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA28891 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA28873 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:28:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA14542; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:58:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701290128.LAA14542@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: I want to restructure pccardd.... In-Reply-To: <199701282020.FAA03167@lenlen.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> from HOSOKAWA Tatsumi at "Jan 29, 97 05:20:57 am" To: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:58:15 +1030 (CST) Cc: mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk HOSOKAWA Tatsumi stands accused of saying: > > I want to implement new pccardd in C and lex/yacc. I'm nurvous about > programming language because I was involved in a flame war in another > mailing list about the programming language of metaconfiguration > system of kernel structure :-), but I think C is the best language for > this purpose. I think Perl (and Tcl) can be alternative, but using a > fat interpreter is bad idea for daemons, and utilities incorporated > into boot.flp. I agree with you entirely here; and likewise with Nate's sentiments that pccardd is trying to do too much. As I see it, pccardd's total purpose in life is limited to : - Cross-referencing CIS details against a database to decide which driver and parameters are appropriate. - Running a user-mode script if the card is accepted. - Running a user-mode script when a card goes away. I really don't think that it should try to do anything more. > HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[