On Nov 25, 2007, at 4:46 AM, Frank Behrens wrote: > Marcel, > > thanks for your explanation. > > Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt_at_mac.com> wrote on 24 Nov 2007 10:20: >> No, it isn't. The puc(4) driver can have different children. >> Currently, it >> can have 3 different children. Standard bus probing determines which >> driver will attach. The puc(4) driver does not care about unit >> numbers >> for >> the simple reason that it doesn't care about which driver attaches. > > OK. I interpret this as: It is not puc's problem, which sio units > are asssigned, it is the job for > the sio driver itself. It's actually more a job for the newbus infrastructure. Whenever a child is created in a particular device class, it's assigned a unit number. Then and there do you want to implement policies about unit numbers. Not in the individual drivers, whether leave or otherwise. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt_at_mac.comReceived on Sun Nov 25 2007 - 20:56:39 UTC
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