Subject: Re: firewire of FreeBSD
To: None <briggs@netbsd.org>
From: KIYOHARA Takashi <kiyohara@kk.iij4u.or.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/10/2005 18:18:21
Hi! briggs
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 23:20:20 -0400
> > I renamed from firewire(4) to ieee1394if(4).
> > # And renamed from fwcontrol(8) to fwctl(8).
>
> Those look reasonable. ieee1394if is a bit awkward, but I can't think
> of anything else to call it offhand, and it's not something that will
> be typed too much.
Sorry, I found problem. ;-<
ieee1394if is not match in etc/MAKEDEV.awk
etc/MAKEDEV.awk ---
# print it to output, otherwise scrap it.
parsed = ""
while (match(deventry, /%[a-z]*_(blk|chr)%/)) {
nam = substr(deventry, RSTART + 1, RLENGTH - 6);
typ = substr(deventry, RSTART + RLENGTH - 4, 3);
--- etc/MAKEDEV.awk
> > You can select fwnode(4) and ieee1394if(4) by option
> > FWOHCI_FREEBSD_IMPLEMENTATION.
>
> Is there a good reason to keep two versions? I don't think our
> current firewire code is very operational right now. What do we
> lose if we simply move to FWOHCI_FREEBSD_IMPLEMENTATION ?
May I erase it now?
I can replace it.
> > # There is no manpage yet. ;-)
>
> Anyone want to write a man page or two?
I write. ;-)
--
kiyohara