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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:50:12 +0200
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r184208 - head/sys/dev/uart
Message-ID:  <20081024045012.GD6808@hoeg.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200810231555.06892.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200810231911.m9NJBisd064280@svn.freebsd.org> <200810231555.06892.jhb@freebsd.org>

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* John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Perhaps have tty drivers sleep in detach until the tty is completely gone=
? =20
> Either that or free the unit number in the tty layer when the tty is=20
> abandoned.

Well, I could add a routine to the TTY layer that does that. The reason
why the TTY layer is a little `lazy' with deallocating TTY unit numbers,
is because I want to be absolutely sure processes agree they do not use
the TTY (device name) anymore.

I'll see if I can add a sleepable tty_gone() routine one of these days.

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/

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