From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 17 07:24:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08656 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 07:24:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08538 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 07:24:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA28637; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:24:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:24:26 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199812171524.KAA28637@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mike Smith Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO Integration? In-Reply-To: <199812162338.PAA01733@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199812160811.IAA37602@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> <199812162338.PAA01733@dingo.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: > Pseudo-devices probably want their own bus, whose probe code would be > responsible for resolving this. No, pseudo-devices shouldn't look like bus-framework devices at all -- after all, they do not represent real hardware! (Of course, they should be constructed as KLD modules when that is possible. It isn't always possible; e.g., bpf.) Pseudo-devices should be written to dynamically allocate new units upon activation, or using some sort of external mechanism (I don't think sysctl is the right tool, but perhaps Warner's Xresources-style proposal is the right direction). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message