Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:41:41 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: letting glabel recognise a media change Message-ID: <4CA55875.9060904@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTime%2BmXaYgSgnsi%2BXZ4UgvCAZcnWJYMAAa10mEZP@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100929211253.GA1250@freebsd.org> <4CA3B393.8060206@icyb.net.ua> <4CA3BD7C.9080306@feral.com> <4CA4FC05.3020407@FreeBSD.org> <4CA5011D.8080804@FreeBSD.org> <4CA50283.4000601@FreeBSD.org> <4CA50363.2030500@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTime%2BmXaYgSgnsi%2BXZ4UgvCAZcnWJYMAAa10mEZP@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/30/2010 3:20 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > The problem is that the current system proposed for Device Kit is > based on file system notification. I know we can do this with kqueues > to some degree, but we do some of our best work via sysctls, and using > other methods of attack, so it would be nice if these were > `abstracted' out into generic events with OS specific callback > handlers. I'm not a kernel developer so I'm not going to tell anyone _how_ to implement the internals of this idea. My point is that if we're going to implement something that the API should be compatible so that all of the client software that already works with HAL doesn't have to be rewritten, patched, or abandoned. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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