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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:50:58 +0900
From:      NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa <y-nakaga@nwsl.mesh.ad.jp>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PAO Integration? 
Message-ID:  <199812160250.LAA03052@chandra.eatell.msr.prug.or.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:31:37 PST." <199812151231.EAA05213@dingo.cdrom.com> 

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> config(8) does two things; it builds static tables of configuration 
> data, and it arranges for code aggregation into a kernel object.

newconfig" is not only config(8), but also include bus and device
configuration code.

See: sys/kern/subr_autoconf.c (in "newconfig", it it much better.)

Now, "newconfig" support static-linked kernel only, but it is
first step. On near future, we support UserConfig, and next target 
is dynamic loadable module. These configuration, we support
"newconfig" integrated.

> > On "new-bus", How to handle boot device like console, fd, wd, ... ?
> 
> I can't make sense of this question; could you expand a little?

I think, some case needs statically-configuration. So, using
boot-time divices, I think that they are
statically-configurated. I want to know if new-bus using another way.

Mike, new-bus is good; but "newconfig" is also good, I
think. Until now, same purpose drivers stand side by side in
FreeBSD. (example, Voxware and Luigi's new audio driver, BSD ATM
and HARP, ...)

"new-bus" and "newconfig", I think same relation. Choose by users.

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

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