Subject: Re: config(8) enhancements
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/04/2002 16:22:24
> If I'm not mistaken, don't we have some potential circular references?

You're not mistaken.

> i.e.
> 	pci* at ppb? bus ?
> and
> 	ppb* at pci? dev ? function ?

Or
	xbox* at sbus? slot ? offset ?
	sbus* at xbox?

> That could get hairy.

Indeed it could.  Note that Luke said he'd started on "no device", but
wasn't expecting it to be nearly as easy; I'd hazard a guess that
issues like this are why.

Even if it doesn't work for devices, "no" is still valuable.

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