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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:50:43 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, mjacob@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_da.c
Message-ID:  <45B68333.8000400@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <45B68169.1060207@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler wrote:
> mjacob@freebsd.org wrote:
>>>> If you just do a module, all you're doing is moving compiled code from
>>>> one place to another. IMO.
>>> My thought was if it's split into a module then you can have alternative
>>> modules available at the loader prompt/menu to fallback to.  Also if
>>> it's split out we can probably auto-generate it.
>> umm, yes.
>>
>> So, what's wrong with an ascii sysctl/hint definition?
> 
> Nothing.  I just thought I was suggesting something in-between what we
> have now and a pure ascii mechanism like hints that requires in-kernel
> parsing.
> 

A quirk hints mechanism would be a trivial an extension to the existing
topology hints mechanism that already exists for CAM.  I say, go for it.

Scott




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