Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:41:09 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO Integration? Message-ID: <199812171941.LAA07169@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:24:26 EST." <199812171524.KAA28637@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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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). Sysctl is just an access mechanism; I'm starting to think Warner's proposal is going to be a fairly good compromise too. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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