Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:17:18 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: RFC: unit_list routines Message-ID: <200105232017.f4NKHIF10323@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Wed, 23 May 2001 13:17:51 PDT." <200105232017.f4NKHp400923@mass.dis.org>
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> > > >I didn't do it that way because the ``usual'' way units are allocated
> > > >is sequentially. Using bits when there are large numbers of units
> > > >gets awkward. I figured what was required was something small and
> > > >simple that would cover the requirements of most/all drivers that
> > > >need to track their units so that it's easy to find an unused one,
> > > >and it's easy to allocate/deallocate things.
> > >
> > > How does newbus allocate/manage unit numbers ?
> >
> > I don't think it does. The only way to find out what's in use
> > (AFAIK) is by looking at every specinfo in dev_hash....
>
> Er, what exactly are you smoking?
>
> Newbus manages unit numbers using the devclass:
>
> struct devclass {
> TAILQ_ENTRY(devclass) link;
> driver_list_t drivers; /* bus devclasses store drivers for bus */
> char *name;
> device_t *devices; /* array of devices indexed by unit */
> int maxunit; /* size of devices array */
> };
Yes, Garrett pointed this out. I misunderstood the question because
newbus doesn't manage unit numbers. It ``manages'' the maximum unit
number allocated and nothing else.
My answer was describing the only way I know of to figure out which
units for a given device are allocated/opened.
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