> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:03:31AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: >> Looking at bktr, it's not at all clear to me why the author felt that >> FreeBSD didn't support bus_dmamem_alloc. because it didnt when he wrote it back in the 90's! IIRC he presented this on freebsd-multimedia around freebsd 2x > The bktr author has been gone from the project for several years, and the > code had been neglected for a while before that. The PRs against it > reflect > this (that's the only reason I know about this driver; I wound up > resetting > the PR assignments). that's hilarious. this os is getting old :-) > So this isn't a case of someone not following the standards, this is just > plain old bitrot. textbook example thereof, should be added to textbooks as an expository example :-) it's rather astounding that it's worked for this long; reminds me of the guy on the raft in 'The Cruel Sea' > With bugmeister hat on, I'd be glad to see someone pick > up this driver and fix it. me too! best of luck! > mcl > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > >Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 21:02:46 UTC
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