Subject: Re: Separating softc and struct device?
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/29/2007 22:37:31 
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:34:41PM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
>  - a device_t should be created whether or not a driver attach
>    (corollary:  a driver can attach later)
>  - parent can get a device_t object, set some properties, _then_ let a
>    driver attach

Or even more interestingly, you can reprobe and reattach a driver.
Consider the ugen issue :-)

Joerg