[openbeos] Re: driver/module shutdown notification for R1

"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > This will be taken care of for OpenBeOS :-)
> > Anyway, my current solution under BONE is to use a 
> > "UserShutdownScript"
> > script in ~/config/boot and hang up the connection there.
> This is how I "solved" the problem, too. And I must say that I do not 
> like
> it. ;)

Me neither :)

> Can we add the shutdown broadcast to the R1 kernel?

Yes, we are currently creating a whole new driver system anyway 
(compatible to the old one, of course) :-)

> Oh, I have another question:
> Why are the network card drivers put into drivers/network instead of
> drivers/bin/network?

That's only in our repository, because there, it doesn't make sense to 
have any extra bin/ folders around.
Networking drivers are placed in drivers/bin/ with a link from drivers/
dev/net

> The Jamfiles are very confusing. I thought there was a standard 
> method, but
> the Jamfiles just "cp" the network drivers while other drivers are
> automatically linked in "dev" and put into the "bin" folder.

They are not consistent, but are pretty simple to use. That's because 
every Jamfile is maintained by its owner mainly.

Adios...
   Axel.

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