Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:13:54 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: drop snd_ from DRIVER_MODULEs... Message-ID: <20060419171354.02m5tuplc8ocko8k@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060420001239.1746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060420001239.1746A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Quoting Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> (from Thu, 20 Apr 2006 =20 00:44:39 +1000 (EST)): > Having recently struggled through getting my sbc + ess sound going on a > Compaq 1500c on 5.4-RELEASE, I must say the snd_* naming was useful for > me, eg: > > paqi# ll /boot/kernel | grep snd_ > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16428 Feb 25 06:28 snd_ad1816.ko > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16811 Feb 25 06:28 snd_als4000.ko [...] > That and using .. > > # snd_driver_load=3D"YES" # load snd_* IIRC this doesn't depend upon the snd_naming, but on a meta-module =20 which loads all sound modules (or something like this...). > .. in /boot/loader.conf until I'd sussed out why snd_sbc didn't work by > itself, so I knew to add .. > They're also special because they constitute a fairly clear subsystem, > and while taking John-Marc's point that noone needs if_ prefixes for > ethernet drivers and such, I (and maybe POLA?) think the advantages > of consistent snd_ naming outweigh other perceived inconsistencies. He doesn't proposes to change the names of the files, but to change =20 the internal name of the modules. At least I did understand it like =20 this. As you may notice, there are a lot of if_ files in the kernel =20 directory, while the internal names mostly don't contain the if_ =20 prefix (according to jmg). Bye, Alexander. --=20 http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137 T-1's congested due to porn traffic to the news server.
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