Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 20:53:51 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys bus.h bus_private.h src/sys/kern subr_bus.c Message-ID: <7958.962650431@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:36:42 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007031848170.21619-100000@localhost>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007031848170.21619-100000@localhost>, Nick Hibma wri tes: > >I take offence to this message. The arrogance displayed in the last >paragraph is astonishing. > >Second, I require that the manpage for device_set_softc contains a >sentence that indicates that the softc needs only be set in cases where >the softc provided by newbus does not give the driver the required >flexiblity (*). You're wasting your breath. You can require all you want, you can take all the offence you want: "it ain't gonna make no difference". FreeBSD delivers tools, not policy. This includes the policy on softc use in device drivers you seem to advocate. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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