Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:14:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config config.y mkioconf.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001231513100.462-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200001231201.EAA55405@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Could we also support the 'device foo?' semantics? I'd like to be able to wire ISA devices without specifying their unit number. On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Peter Wemm wrote: > peter 2000/01/23 04:01:09 PST > > Modified files: > usr.sbin/config config.y mkioconf.c > Log: > Clean up something in config(8) that has annoyed me for ages. Remove > the need to specify the unit number of unwired devices. ie: instead > of saying "device fxp0" we can say "device fxp" which is much closer > to what it actually means. The former (fxp0) implied something about > reserving the 0th unit, but it does not and never did - it was a > figment of config(8)'s imagination that we had to work around.. > "device fxp0" simply means "compile in the fxp device driver", so we > may as well just write it as "device fxp" which is closer to what it > really means. > > Doing this also saves us from filling up the ioconf.c tables with > meaningless entries. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.40 +16 -12 src/usr.sbin/config/config.y > 1.60 +5 -1 src/usr.sbin/config/mkioconf.c > > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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