Subject: Re: Removing __BROKEN_CONFIG_UNIT_USAGE
To: None <cube@cubidou.net>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/17/2007 18:37:42
cube@cubidou.net wrote:

> > A quick grep through sun3 configs shows vme only ever has wired instances,
> > so it would seem it's not broken in the __BROKEN_CONFIG_UNIT_USAGE sense.
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> Yes, sun3 still relies on cf_unit to carry information, but it's not
> alone in that respect.  As long as that kind of abuse is limited to
> wired instances, it's ok.

Hmm, in sun3 vme.c cf_unit is tied to vme_info[] array which specifies
VME bus type (width) so I thought it was invalid, but if it's still
valid it is just my ignorance of autoconf(9) and there is no problem.
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Izumi Tsutsui