From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 16 19:41:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A4237B4D7; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e9H2fmt02044; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:41:48 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Gary T. Corcoran" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Module parameters? (WildWire DSL card driver) Message-ID: <20001016194147.I272@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20001016183846.G272@fw.wintelcom.net> <200010170157.SAA06764@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200010170157.SAA06764@usr05.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:57:25AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Terry Lambert [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-hackers" in the body of the message