Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:18:19 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] <machine/cputypes.h> Message-ID: <84dead7204092719482f8031d5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpu0tkukft.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <84dead72040926185171776b99@mail.gmail.com> <20040927040137.GA3274@dragon.nuxi.com> <84dead7204092621403fddd11e@mail.gmail.com> <xzpu0tkukft.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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jk> The pmc(4) driver (being written) needs a way of informing the jk > userland libpmc(3) (also being written) about the kind of CPU des> Is there a good reason why pmc(4) can't pass this information out as a des> string? Less chance of future breaks in binary compatibility that des> way. I'm not sure if using strings vs. 'binary' structures gains us much in future binary compatibility: changes in the format of the string have the potential to break binary compatibility anyway. Strings work well when they are "simple".home | help
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