On 10/15/07, Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > Quoting Poul-Henning Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (from Sun, 14 Oct 2007 > > 17:54:21 +0000): > > > >> My only beef is with the architecture of the sensors framework, and > >> as a consequence thereof, with the actual code as well. > > > > When I asked you about a proposal how a better architecture looks like, > > you didn't came up with an explanation and you didn't came up with a > > list of things which you think are bad in the sensors framework. You > > also didn't respond to counterarguments from me. > > > > I don't think it is fair to make such a noise, without coming up with > > technical facts. > > > > Note: I don't object to backing out the commit. But as this seems to be > > on the desk of core@, I wait for their decision regarding this (as it is > > self contained and doesn't interfere with other stuff, we don't need to > > hurry). > > > >> In OpenBSD the sensors framework has already turned into a dumping > >> ground, and I have all reason to belive that we will see the same > >> under FreeBSD. > > > > It will be what we make out of this. > > > >> See for instance Marc Balmers presentation from EuroBSDcon2007 about > >> putting radio-timecode receivers under the sensors framework, or > > > > I don't see a need to port this part instead of using the existing > > time-infrastructure in our kernel (and I don't have my fingers in the > > time related code at all like you, so I hope other people think similar). > > > >> listen to the various mumblings about putting RAID-controller status > >> under sensors framework. > > > > What's wrong with this? Currently each RAID driver has to come up with > > his own way of displaying the RAID status. It's like saying that each > > network driver has to implement/display the stuff you can see with > > ifconfig in its own way, instead of using the proper network driver > > interface for this. > > > > For the love of God, please don't use RAID as an example to support your > argument for the sensord framework. Representing RAID state is several > orders of magnitude more involved than representing network state. > There are also landmines in the OpenBSD bits of RAID support that are > best left out of FreeBSD, unless you like alienating vendors and risking > legal action. Leave it alone. Please. I don't care what you do with > lmsensors or cpu power settings or whatever. Leave RAID out of it. > > Thanks, > > Scott
Are you saying I shouldn't proceed with the bio port? -- Joao Barros _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
