Re: CVS commit: syssrc

[Klaus Klein <kleink%uni-trier.de@localhost>]

NONAKA Kimihiro <nonaka%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> Module Name:  syssrc
> Committed By: nonaka
> Date:         Sun Jun 17 15:57:14 UTC 2001
> 
> Modified Files:
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/include: bootinfo.h intr.h
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/pci: pci_machdep.c
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/prep: cpu.c extintr.c machdep.c
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/stand/boot: Makefile boot.c boot.h
> Added Files:
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/include: preptype.h
>       syssrc/sys/arch/prep/stand/boot: ident.c
> 
> Log Message:
> identified prep model.

I'm a bit curious- why are you passing this particular information via
the bootinfo interface while the kernel could easily figure it out
itself using the Residual Data and the model information is currently
not used by the boot loader?


- Klaus