Subject: Re: Sharing MII and I2C code in ethernet drivers
To: None <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca>
From: Mike Long <mikel@shore.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/22/1997 21:47:25
>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:46:07 -0700
>From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca>

>     No.  One physical device -> one line in the config file.  Having
>to put three lines in the config file for one physical board with a
>single function is gross and absolutely rediculous.  Not to mentions
>error prone.  We just went through this with the Hayes ESP.  I believe
>the final decision is that there should be only one line.  An MII may
>act like a bus at the programming level, but it is not a physical bus
>(i.e. you can't attach multiple devices to it or change the device
>that is attached to it).

So, you think we should go back to the old way of attaching
/dev/audio* to audio hardware?  Doing so would eliminate the ability
to assign a specific /dev/audio* to specific hardware.

see also: scsibus* and atapibus*
-- 
Mike Long <mikel@shore.net>                http://www.shore.net/~mikel
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken