Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:06:25 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: "Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New device wiring option Message-ID: <08A076D6-369B-4CE5-9DE6-012E2708F792@lists.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqVbqX1hGVPAwjm%2BaCfhA5t7Z=UajydNzV1gnUmdHVWOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfqVbqX1hGVPAwjm%2BaCfhA5t7Z=UajydNzV1gnUmdHVWOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14 Apr 2021, at 18:35, Warner Losh wrote: > for wiring up CAM devices. However, while these extra uses would be nice, > supporting them is beyond the scope of the initial work (though hopefully > the initial work would make enabling these later easier). I plan on > implementing a generic locator KPI for this, but will focus on only the > uefi and newbus locators initially. Later acpi, ofw, fdt and other location > mechanisms can be added. The uefi path stuff, btw, does not require the > system boot using UEFI. Probably USB as well? Having 10 serial consoles on USB Hubs and unplugging one “early” one it is easy to end up re-numbering the entire chain after a reboot. Not sure if this really fits into your problem/implementation domain. /bz
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