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List:       freebsd-emulation
Subject:    Re: [RFC] proposed 'lem' patch to improve behaviour under emulation
From:       Jack Vogel <jfvogel () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-12-28 6:07:17
Message-ID: CAFOYbc=F86kn0h5QPS3tHCoCDViXx075u+EoLz9U+tc5uxkz1w () mail ! gmail ! com
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I don't know, in some ways it might be more interesting to make something
just for a virtualized device, however reality is that I have way too many
higher priority items to worry about after the new year gets underway than
that, even so, we can see...

Jack


On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> LOL, it's ironic, my intention in creating lem was to isolate the old
>> pre-PCIE driver from active changes so as to assure it's stability...
>> but virtualization comes around to bit me in the butt :)
>>
>> I guess I'm agreeable in principle with what you're doing Luigi, but
>> can you do me a favor and hold off until I'm technically back from
>> vacation (after the new year) and let me review the code then?
>>
>>
> sure, no rush -- i just wanted to have it out for review as it has been
> ready for a few weeks now.
>
> Regarding lem vs em i actually wonder if it wouldn't be better to
> consolidate the two drivers given the amount of common code.
> While i understand the desire for stability, i actually wonder if there
> is much if any leftover hw which uses 'lem' ... outside virtualization!
>
> cheers
> luigi
>
>
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