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Date:      Sun, 03 Mar 2002 19:17:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
To:        takawata@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ACPI issues and questions (Dell Inspiron 3700) 
Message-ID:  <20020303.191756.45649942.imp@village.org>
In-Reply-To: <200203040104.KAA34309@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp>
References:  <200203032107.g23L7I000782@mass.dis.org> <200203040104.KAA34309@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp>

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In message: <200203040104.KAA34309@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp>
            Takanori Watanabe <takawata@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp> writes:
: Sorry, I've been committed the code, because some IrDA
: controller(generic one) already there, there are no such driver
: *NOW* and some people may become happy with /usr/ports/comm/birda
: port.

Traditionally, FreeBSD has done this.  Allowed a driver to claim a
device and when a new device is written that wants to use it, then the
original driver is modified to not claim it, or claim it at a lower
priority.

Warner

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