Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 03:02:21 +0100 From: Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, freebsd-new-bus@freebsd.org, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Collapsing device_state_t with devinfo_state_t Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10911081802q2b691218hd2a2736fefcb232c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3F7C0F44-7E90-4196-8CFA-724E1297B2A6@samsco.org> References: <3bbf2fe10911080853qad0057w490694e5627681fe@mail.gmail.com> <3F7C0F44-7E90-4196-8CFA-724E1297B2A6@samsco.org>
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2009/11/9 Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>: > On Nov 8, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Attilio Rao wrote: >> >> This patch should collpase device_state_t with devinfo_state_t and >> remove a bogus replication of this struct: >> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/devinfo.diff >> >> This patch breaks ABI so it cannot be MFC'ed (and it is not intended to >> do). >> > > Does this hinder FreeBSD 8 from ever getting a Giant-free newbus? As foretold in several e-mails and threads, FreeBSD-8 has all the needed support for Giant-free newbus, that's just an improvement I couldn't let happen before because we had to maintain ABI stability over the release process, but it doesn't compromise at all possibility to MFC Giant-free newbus. Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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