Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/iwi Makefile src/sys/dev/iwi if_iwi.c if_iwireg.h if_iwivar.h

From: Warner Losh (imp_at_bsdimp.com)
Date: 11/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:30:52 -0700 (MST)
To: scottl@samsco.org

    > Making the driver aware of the filesystem layout is a bad idea.

    Your opinion has been noted. Repeating it often isn't going to help.
    It has its advantages from the user point of view (I put a file here
    and it is used, my tool of choice can always be "cp").

    > Encapsulating data into a KLD is not hard to do.

    Neither is a dozen other things that we do automatically for the
    user. From a user point of view this is a pita. I put this file
    here, and then I have to remember which magic tool to run to convert
    the iwi firmware into a kld. But that's a different tool from the wi
    driver and that's different from the iwp driver, etc.

    Each approach has its pro's and con's. Getting dogmatic about 'X is a
    bad idea, therefor you must do Y' without looking at why 'Y' might be
    a worse alternative to 'X' isn't going to help this discussion.

    Warner
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