Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 00:00:10 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PnP support Message-ID: <19970911000010.53404@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199709110546.PAA06738@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 03:46:47PM %2B1000 References: <19970910231015.01243@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199709110546.PAA06738@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith scribbled this message on Sep 11: > > Mike Smith scribbled this message on Sep 11: > > > > > > > > well... actually.. this won't be neccessary soon.. I plan on adding > > > > resource registering to the pnp code soon... once this is done, the > > > > isa probe code should automaticly skip over this... > > > > > > Please, if you are going to do this, go back to the discussion that > > > came up last time on this topic, most particularly the allocation and > > > attachment strategy that Stefan and I discussed. Doing this job > > > half-assed is just going to mean that it will have to be done again. > > > Do it right and people will love you forever. > > > > are you talking about making auto resource assignment?? if you are, > > that wasn't what I was refering too... > > I mean go back and read the discussion that came up last time "how to > integrate PnP" was raised. Right now it's arriving via feeping > creaturism, which is OK in that it gives us functionality that we > didn't have, but it's basically Wrong, and gives us momentum in the > wrong direction. I vaugely remeber the conversation.. but I didn't follow very closely as I never thought I would end up touching the PnP code.. :) > If you have the time to do this, *please* take a little more of it to > do it right. We've been over all this several times, and have hashed > out some pretty good models. Doug Rabson got a long way through > completely redesigning the ISA driver model with huge advantages before > disappearing. Don't just throw all this work away. Please? yeh... I know what you mean... but right now after I do some more work on integrating this code in (Luigi's sound code is next), I have another project that I've been wanting to work on for the past few months... so I really can't devote the time that would be neccessary for the project... but, I might be able to help in a few weeks if everything goes well.. ugh.. just remebered school starts in a few weeks too... :( hmmm... is the FreeBSD mailing list archives located in such a place that I could grab a RAW copy of 'em?? > > currently the PnP code DOES NOT claim that a device is using port space > > (i.e. to prevent conflics) or memory space for that mater... this is > > what I was talking about... not automaticly assigned free resources... > > If you want a decent resource/extent manager, have a look at the NetBSD > extent manager. Whilst Jason may disagree, a little work would see it > fitting _very_ well into the picture when it comes to carving up space, > and we do need it very much. -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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