Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:32:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: source code layout? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980419232717.523B-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <19980419202411.35613@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> I personally think we should go with a src tree layout closer to that of
> NetBSD...
Woohoo! sys/arch/{i386,alpha,sparc,foo} ?
Keep in mind that NetBSD needs some further work in their tree layout but
is closer than what FreeBSD has.
> but I'm also working on rewriting the bus/device system so that ALL
> devices use the EXACT same interface to the bus... this will allow us to
> write a single device driver for ns8390 parts, and simply write a detect
> routine around it, and we get complete support for all types of busses..
> this of course will mean a rewrite of all the current device drivers
> which is going to be a big job...
Cool. Let me clear my queue and I'll do what I can to help.
> this is also going to allow a multitude of other things that will hinge
> on kld... such as complete dynamic device drivers...
Indeed, I really would like to see a kernel with only the probe routines
compiled in and linked into discardable ELF sections.
(and the rest of the stuff that this sort of thing implies.)
> I haven't made much progress, but a spec is at
> http://resnet.uoregon.edu:6971/~jmg/FreeBSD/busdevice.html... this
> isn't a final, but it will be similar to what you see...
Cool.
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