Subject: Re: config_attach_pseudo(cfdata, aux)
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/20/2006 11:48:47
der Mouse wrote:
>> Am creating pseudo device instances and have some attach arguments
>> that the device would like to see, but config_attach_pseudo() does
>> not pass aux arguments through to the device attach routine as
>> config_found() would.
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>> I can configure the device externally (I get the softc back and can
>> twiddle it directly) but it seems cleaner for the device attach()
>> routine to handle that.
>>     
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> I've always wondered why pseudo-devices don't attach to a "pseudo" bus,
> one that has no hardware behind it and exists solely for pseudo-devices
> to attach to.  That's what I did when I wanted to build a particular
> flavour of pseudo-disk and discovered I needed it to have a struct
> device for internal purposes.
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Iain, is there some reason that device properties won't achieve what you
need?

    -- Garrett

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