Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 05:40:19 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: dfr@render.com, fs@FreeBSD.ORG, lite2@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New d_type field in *devsw Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960924053628.16671E-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199609231520.BAA23463@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Bruce Evans wrote: > >What use is [bc]devsw->d_type in Lite2? It is not used anywhere and > >having it means changing *every* driver in the system since the > >initialiser for [bc]devsw is different. I would quite like to keep > >[bc]devsw the same as before the lite2 merge to keep compatability with > >existing drivers. What do others think? > > Yes, don't change it. It probably needs to be done in another way for > devfs. But what is it? Is it 'c' or 'b', redundant with the two device switches, and needed for abstractions that don't want to discriminate using the name? Regards, Mike Hancock
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