Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:09:43 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@inse.ru> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: Roman Kurakin <rik@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/drivers make_device_driver.sh Message-ID: <44DB13F7.3050306@inse.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060810063312.GD93633@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <200608061106.k76B6ahO042778@repoman.freebsd.org> <44D5F2C1.7080606@inse.ru> <20060808124221.GO54416@comp.chem.msu.su> <20060808142616.S45647@fledge.watson.org> <44D89ED3.3000805@inse.ru> <20060808152429.W45647@fledge.watson.org> <44DA5C5A.70404@inse.ru> <20060810063312.GD93633@comp.chem.msu.su>
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Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:06:18AM +0400, Roman Kurakin wrote: > >> Robert Watson: >> >> >>> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Roman Kurakin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> We could add a "foo" driver to the LINT generated by this script with >>>> notification that it was generated and all changes should be placed >>>> to script. >>>> >>> I guess I can't help but wonder if a script is necessarily better than >>> a well-commented template. >>> >> Today I've talked with ru@. He suggests to put an example to tree and >> change script to produce >> a copy of driver using example from tree as a template via sed or smth >> like that. It sounds like >> a good idea. We could have a single dir in subtree with various examples >> and a set of scripts that >> could produce from one of the examples a driver to start with. >> > > ...and if you manage to make the driver do some real job so that > people start using it in production, it will have nearly zero chance > to fall into oblivion; it will remain in a very good shape instead. > No, I'm telling nonsense here: A useful driver will be hacked > sooner or later into a huge, ugly, incomprehensible beast reeking > with features. :-) > If you want to add a new functionality you just need to create a new example. Probably it wouldn't be bad to have a driver with higher level of complexity that can do the same (and more) than the other one that is much more simple. rikhome | help
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