sys/ tree re-structuring proposal

Matthew Dillon dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Tue Aug 5 10:18:32 PDT 2003


::    net {
::	pci
::	isa
::	usb
::	firewire
::	etc...
::    }
::    dev {	/* non-NIC device drivers */
::	pci
::	isa
::	usb
::	firewire
::	etc...
::    }
::
::    Another reason for keeping net/ separated out is that a lot of the NIC
::    drivers could potentially share a mini-library's worth of code, like
::    the miibus stuff for example, which could go in net/common or something
::    like that.
:
:	Yes, a lot of code in NIC code is duplicated.  Something like
:	net/lib or net/common is the way to go for such things. Some
:	research and looking around needs to be done about it.
:
:	Matt, it would be really appreciated if you can do this
:	repo-meistering as soon as possible, so that I can get on with
:	other stuff.
:
:	Btw, if this mail looks screwed, blame my mail editor. 8-) 8-)
:
:	Cheers.
:
:		-Hiten
:		Hiten Pandya (hmp at xxxxxxxx)
:		WWW: http://hmp.serverninjas.com/

    All right, but I am going to have to turn off commit privs for a few
    hours so I can dup the repo, make the modifications in the copy, test the
    copy, and then sync it back.  There is going to be some work involved
    rewiring the Makefiles.

    Say, this afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., possibly a little longer.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>





More information about the Kernel mailing list