Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:03:56 +0200 From: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Re: Automatic load of PCI kernel modules [WAS: [RFT] Automatic load of USB kernel modules] Message-ID: <CAOfDtXPBrpqd3MF5VWF=Ca5z=kwWHw9vduEDmJMmCemZD5omBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3FC50F07-2C7B-4DD4-A75C-49001CFEF85D@bsdimp.com> References: <201106242342.47194.hselasky@c2i.net> <ACCD2B48-1E78-42B6-883E-542FDFD567F6@bsdimp.com> <201106251907.02052.hselasky@c2i.net> <201106260738.21847.hselasky@c2i.net> <3FC50F07-2C7B-4DD4-A75C-49001CFEF85D@bsdimp.com>
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2011/6/26 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>: > I like the idea of having a standardized table. =C2=A0I've done this with= PC Card and it really works well. =C2=A0It isn't the design pattern that a= ll drivers use, and it may be hard to get everyone lined up on this. =C2=A0= I tried PCI back after I did PC Card and met resistance. =C2=A0Most of the = resistance was from people that are no longer active in the project, so I t= hink that we could do this today. =C2=A0 I suspect that some of the vendor = drivers today might stand in the way of having PCI be completely uniform. > > The big advantage of USB is that it is uniform now. =C2=A0PCI isn't. =C2= =A0It would take a lot of work to make it uniform. If only some PCI drivers can be made uniform, why not provide devd autoload support only to those drivers whose maintainers choose to make them uniform? This would give those opposing uniformity a compelling reason to change their view, without forcing them into it. --=20 Robert Millan
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