Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:50:43 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, mjacob@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_da.c Message-ID: <45B68333.8000400@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <45B68169.1060207@errno.com> References: <20070123173026.E692416A4CD@hub.freebsd.org> <45B65710.4060607@root.org> <20070123105009.G41619@ns1.feral.com> <45B65E4C.2050306@errno.com> <20070123112723.P43982@ns1.feral.com> <45B66458.9030406@errno.com> <20070123125236.U51690@ns1.feral.com> <45B68169.1060207@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler wrote: > mjacob@freebsd.org wrote: >>>> If you just do a module, all you're doing is moving compiled code from >>>> one place to another. IMO. >>> My thought was if it's split into a module then you can have alternative >>> modules available at the loader prompt/menu to fallback to. Also if >>> it's split out we can probably auto-generate it. >> umm, yes. >> >> So, what's wrong with an ascii sysctl/hint definition? > > Nothing. I just thought I was suggesting something in-between what we > have now and a pure ascii mechanism like hints that requires in-kernel > parsing. > A quirk hints mechanism would be a trivial an extension to the existing topology hints mechanism that already exists for CAM. I say, go for it. Scott
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