From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 19 20:32:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA28222 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 20:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.153.65.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA28211 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 03:32:49 GMT (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA26065; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:32:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:32:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: John-Mark Gurney cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: source code layout? In-Reply-To: <19980419202411.35613@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > I personally think we should go with a src tree layout closer to that of > NetBSD... Woohoo! sys/arch/{i386,alpha,sparc,foo} ? Keep in mind that NetBSD needs some further work in their tree layout but is closer than what FreeBSD has. > but I'm also working on rewriting the bus/device system so that ALL > devices use the EXACT same interface to the bus... this will allow us to > write a single device driver for ns8390 parts, and simply write a detect > routine around it, and we get complete support for all types of busses.. > this of course will mean a rewrite of all the current device drivers > which is going to be a big job... Cool. Let me clear my queue and I'll do what I can to help. > this is also going to allow a multitude of other things that will hinge > on kld... such as complete dynamic device drivers... Indeed, I really would like to see a kernel with only the probe routines compiled in and linked into discardable ELF sections. (and the rest of the stuff that this sort of thing implies.) > I haven't made much progress, but a spec is at > http://resnet.uoregon.edu:6971/~jmg/FreeBSD/busdevice.html... this > isn't a final, but it will be similar to what you see... Cool. /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message