Re: dev_t / udev_t confusion ?

From: Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe_at_nsu.ru)
Date: 06/09/04

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To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>

    On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:16:30PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
    >
    > I have an item on my TODO list which says "fix dev_t / udev_t kernel
    > confusion before 5-STABLE ?".
    >
    > The confusions is that in userland dev_t is an integer type which
    > encodes the major+minor number of a device, in the kernel it it a
    > pointer to "struct cdev" which represents the device to the kernel.

    Go for solving the confusion, phk. I'd sacrifice compatibility with
    other BSDs here in sake of coherency.

    ./danfe
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