Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:33:55 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: nagao@cs.titech.ac.jp, nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with new sound code? Message-ID: <199802140933.KAA24107@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <11619.887450316@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 14, 98 01:58:17 am
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> > LINT includes the DEVFS option with a comment "experimental but seems > > to work", so, don't you think it is better to make kernel compile smoothly > > even with DEVFS? > > Actually, any references to DEVFS in -stable should probably > be ripped out; it's unlikely that it'll ever be completed > in that branch and I've certainly always seen it as a purely > 3.0 related feature. let's try to keep code simple... just remove/comment properly that option in LINT and let's keep the DEVFS conditionals in -stable for those pieces of code which already have them... since people does a lot of driver development on their system of choice (e.g. i am working on 2.2.X-RELEASE, Amancio on -current, other on -stable...) it is a big advantage to have the highest possible source compatibility between 2.2 and 3.0 cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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