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

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:17:23 +0200 CEST

"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yes, we are currently creating a whole new driver system anyway
> > (compatible to the old one, of course) :-)
> Why did nobody tell me? :))

Uh, because it's still top secret ;-)
And furthermore, there is almost no documentation about it; but that'll 
change over time.

> > > 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
> Uh, I wrote stupid things!
> I did not want to place a new folder in the bin folder, but just put 
> the
> network drivers into drivers/bin (as you said).
> But they are neither put into drivers/bin (but in drivers/network) 
> nor are
> they linked from drivers/dev/net.

Right, because, as I said, I don't think it makes sense in the source 
repository, to add those artificial directories. The differentiation in 
types makes much more sense to me.

[Jamfiles]
> > They are not consistent, but are pretty simple to use. That's 
> > because
> > every Jamfile is maintained by its owner mainly.
> Well, BeIDE was simple to use, not Jamfile/Makefile. ;)
> But okay, our Jamfiles look nicer than the Makefiles that I saw.

I must admit that I've never actually used an IDE. I always found them 
hard to use :-)
It take too much time to get used to it with too little benefit. But I 
like good editors, which are the center of a good IDE anyway.
But I would want an IDE that's as inconspicuous as possible allowing me 
to use make or jam directly - well, like a good editor :)

Adios...
   Axel.


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