Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:16:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: perforce@freebsd.org, jhb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 94510 for review Message-ID: <20060403.161608.112602678.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060403195251.GH53811@funkthat.com> References: <200604030641.k336f6iG055021@repoman.freebsd.org> <200604031503.41288.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060403195251.GH53811@funkthat.com>
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> Isn't this solved by something like wiring down unit numbers? PCI provides no way to wire down unit numbers. > Where when > you need to add a hint for interrupt routing you wire down the busses > as necessasry? Or maybe the fact that hints have to be wired, can't there > be some more descriptive hint that is better than depending upon hard > coded unit numbers? Maybe that would be better, but we should have something in place before we break it. > As we've gotten away from static allocation for things like this, we > now need to invent the next method for supporting hints in a dynamic > environment.. > > Topic for the dev summit: Static hints in a dynamic world? Heh. Warner
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