Subject: Re: Orphaned devices in config(8)
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/09/2002 21:04:28
In article <20021009135822.D18447@dr-evil.surfandsip.net>,
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> wrote:
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Maybe add a flag to config to warn about orphaned devices?

christos

>
>Attached is a two line change (an "#if 0" and an "#endif") that makes
>orphaned devices work.  However, it's a pretty major semantic change,
>since previously e.g. removing all SCSI HBAs from a config file would
>cause an orphaned "scsibus" to cause an error.
>
>On the other hand, I don't really think that adding a new keyword like
>"orphan" is a natural way to describe a system's devie configuration.
>
>What are people's thoughts on this?