Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:24:26 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO Integration? Message-ID: <199812171524.KAA28637@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199812162338.PAA01733@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199812160811.IAA37602@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> <199812162338.PAA01733@dingo.cdrom.com>
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<<On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:38:55 -0800, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> said: > Pseudo-devices probably want their own bus, whose probe code would be > responsible for resolving this. No, pseudo-devices shouldn't look like bus-framework devices at all -- after all, they do not represent real hardware! (Of course, they should be constructed as KLD modules when that is possible. It isn't always possible; e.g., bpf.) Pseudo-devices should be written to dynamically allocate new units upon activation, or using some sort of external mechanism (I don't think sysctl is the right tool, but perhaps Warner's Xresources-style proposal is the right direction). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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