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Date:      Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:13:50 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de>
Cc:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, lecn1306@ele.etsmtl.ca, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Vinum status
Message-ID:  <20010408101350.F76422@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010407211657.B4055@cicely20.cicely.de>; from ticso@mail.cicely.de on Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 09:16:57PM %2B0200
References:  <3ACB7215.F40BE906@ele.etsmtl.ca> <20010407172348.A76422@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010407075917.A7354@dragon.nuxi.com> <3ACB7215.F40BE906@ele.etsmtl.ca> <20010407172348.A76422@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010407211657.B4055@cicely20.cicely.de>

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On Saturday,  7 April 2001 at 21:16:57 +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:59:18AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 05:23:48PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
>>> +/* XXX kludge until we get this struct cleaned up */
>>> +#if _KERNEL
>>>      dev_t dev;                                             /* device information */
>>
>> What do you mean by "until we get this struct cleaned up"?
>> PHK and Mike Smith explained what dev_t in the kernel (plus udev_t) vs.
>> dev_t in userland are.  I saw no indication that was going to change.
>
> I asume exactly what Greg wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 05:23:48PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> [...]
>> tends to obfuscate the code.  As others have observed, a better
>> solution would be to remove the dev_t from the expurgated version of
>> the struct.  I have some code in preparation which does this, so it
>> really doesn't seem to make any sense to change so much code.

Correct.

Greg
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