From owner-freebsd-hackers  Mon Jun  8 22:52:19 1998
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA07567
          for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG)
Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA07388;
          Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:51:20 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA29579; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:38:19 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199806090538.WAA29579@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: Jun-ichiro Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, core@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG,
        tech-jp@jp.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: new config 
Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:38:19 -0700
Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

On Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:14:10 -0700 
 Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote:

So, to be quite honest, when I read the original post, I thought:

	"Wow... someone is finally going to do the right thing
	with autoconfiguration in FreeBSD."

..and when I read the reply, I literally laughed out loud.

But one thing caught my eye, that I just have to comment on:

 > If we do it right, there won't *be* a config file entry for USB.  I 
 > can't imagine it getting much cleaner than that. 8)

"How about those spiffy new USB keyboards!  Sure would be nice to be
able to use it before any user processes have started!"

Before you ramble on about BIOS compatibility modes, I have two more
words for you:

	alpha port

Sure, new config might have some problems wrt. dynamic device configuration,
but the problems are fairly well understood, and with a little time and
effort, they could be fixed.

Anyhow, I was amused, so I had to comment...

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center                            Home: +1 408 866 1912
NAS: M/S 258-5                                       Work: +1 650 604 0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035                             Pager: +1 650 428 6939

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message