Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:41:48 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: "Gary T. Corcoran" <gcorcoran@lucent.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Module parameters? (WildWire DSL card driver) Message-ID: <20001016194147.I272@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200010170157.SAA06764@usr05.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:57:25AM %2B0000 References: <20001016183846.G272@fw.wintelcom.net> <200010170157.SAA06764@usr05.primenet.com>
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* Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> [001016 18:57] wrote: > > > > > Alternately, if the problem is lack of reference counting on > > > > > FreeBSD's part, and you therefore can't do the job on the > > > > > open, since you can't track closes aws they happen, only the > > > > > last clse, there are a couple of approaches: > > > > > > > > FreeBSD has had that capability for over a year now. > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * Flags for d_flags. > > > > */ > > > > #define D_TRACKCLOSE 0x80000 /* track all closes */ > > > > > > Under what circumstances is it permissable to _not_ set this bit? > > > > When you want the old behavior. > > Under what circumstances is it permissable to want the old behaviour? Jeez Terry, I don't know, it's how it used to be so I assume it's for compatibility or for drivers that simply don't care. Am I missing something here? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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