Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:02:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Dave Rufino <dr263@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: statefulness in character device drivers Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0112080900220.17158-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20011207122916.P92148@elvis.mu.org>
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [011207 07:57] wrote: > > In message <Pine.SOL.4.33.0112071347320.26697-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Dave R > > ufino writes: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I remember some discussions a while ago about adding statefulness to > > >the character device driver layer. What's the consensus now ? Is it going > > >to be added, and if so, when ? > > > > Uhm, I don't hink I understand your question here... > > Most likely he means a per-open(2) opaque datum that is kept in > struct file and passed to the underlying routines. Sorry, unbelievably bad at explaining myself. Per-open data is what i meant. The reason I'm interested is it would make a full nvidia driver port quite a bit easier. Thanks, David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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