Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:29:01 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org, phk@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ccd ccd.c src/sys/dev/vn vn.c src/sys/sys conf.h src/sys/i386/isa fd.c mcd.c scd.c wcd.c wd.c wt.c src/sys/i386/isa/matcd matcd.c src/sys/kern kern_conf.c src/sys/scsi cd.c od.c sd.c st.c Message-ID: <1252.838214941@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 20:26:07 %2B1000." <199607241026.UAA21158@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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In message <199607241026.UAA21158@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes: >> Log: >> Make a "DWIM" function for adding [bc]devsw entries for bdev drivers. >> >This broke wcd, which has bogusly different open and close functions for >cdevs and bdevs. Compiling LINT gives a nice warning that the cdev open >and close functions are no longer used. sorry, will fix. >... Thus the current interface is not worth preserving. My conclusion was that considering that we didn't really like the current interface very much, it was stupid to waste so much space on doing the same thing over and over... I sincerely belive it's time to get DEVFS kicked the next mile and get rid of this problem once and for all. Too bad about the crowd screaming for "persistence" in DEVFS :-( -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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