Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05 2002, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
>>
>>
>>>- Disable configuration of the task file stuff. It is going to go away
>>> and will be replaced by a truly abstract interface based on
>>> functionality and *not* direct mess-up of hardware.
>>>
>>Could you elaborate just a tad on that.
>>
>
> While the taskfile interface is very down-to-basics and a bit extreme
> in one end, it's also very useful for eg vendors doing testing and
> certification. So in that respect it's pretty powerful, I hope Martin
> isn't just planning a stripped down interface akin to what we have in
> 2.4 and earlier.
No quite my plan is:
1. Rip it off.
2. Reimplement stuff if and only if someone really shows pressure
for using it.
The "command parsing" excess is certainly going to go.
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