Re: per-device sysctls

From: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk)
Date: 02/26/04

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    To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:39:22 +0100

    In message <20040226.130330.54448406.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:

    >: Just for the record: Having based this on newbus it only documents
    >: hardware-anchored device drivers. I don't know if this is going to
    >: be a limitation we will have to address or not, but I think you should
    >: reserve the toplevel name "pseudo" or "sw" or similar as a placeholder
    >: for non-hardware device drivers, just in case.
    >
    >There's not really a tree for pseudo devices right now. They just are
    >kludged into the system any old way that they can be at the moment.
    >They aren't part of the hardware device hierarchy.

    As long as we agree that this is for hardware only and limited to
    that, then I have no problems.

    I still think it prudent to nail down "pseudo" or "sw" or something
    should we change our mind. 

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