Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> Module Name:    src
> Committed By:   tsutsui
> Date:           Fri Jun 25 15:10:43 UTC 2010
>
> Modified Files:
>         src/sys/kern: init_main.c subr_autoconf.c
>         src/sys/sys: device.h
>
> Log Message:
> Add config_mountroot(9), which defers device configuration
> after mountroot(), like config_interrupt(9) that defers
> configuration after interrupts are enabled.
> This will be used for devices that require firmware loaded
> from the root file system by firmload(9) to complete device
> initialization (getting MAC address etc).

This could also possibly help us move forward with modularizing some 
device drivers which might need to be loaded from the file system.


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