Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:12:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci pci.c pcisupport.c pcivar.h Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006131010270.2214-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <200006131713.KAA22419@mass.cdrom.com>
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> > Our plans already cover this (more or less) - we put metadata in the > driver object so you don't actually have to load it to decide whether > it's a contender, and we have an arbitration scheme in place already. I'm not sure that metadata is the right thing to do since you can't always statically assign dependencies. But, to be fair, dynamic dependency mechanisms in recent systems haven't been w/o their problems as well. > > The issue is - why print a message when you can just load the damn driver > already? > To take the other side of the argument 'as a transitional feature'? -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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