Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:44:30 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpreg.h if_fxpvar.h Message-ID: <20010314104430.B74704@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <20010313231736.V78851@prism.flugsvamp.com>; from jlemon@flugsvamp.com on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:17:36PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103131332560.52535-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <3AAEFD2E.38EE7235@gorean.org> <20010313231736.V78851@prism.flugsvamp.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
-On [20010314 06:30], Jonathan Lemon (jlemon@flugsvamp.com) wrote: >Well, actually, I wanted to bring this into 4.3 as 'nfxp', so that >the old driver would still be the default, but the new driver would >be available for those people who had otherwise non-working cards. > >Jordan didn't feel that this was a good idea, saying that calling >anything nfoo tends to become permanent, and renaming things at a >later date just causes confusion. I agree with Jordan's sentiment in this area. Just think back to the lpt/nlpt/olpt debacle. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai .oUo. asmodai@[wxs.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/C-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best D78D D0AD 244D 1D12 C9CA 7152 035C 1138 546A B867 Sweet taste of vindication, It turns to ashes in your mouth... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010314104430.B74704>