Re: dev_t / udev_t confusion ?

From: John Baldwin (jhb_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 06/09/04

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:24:04 -0400

    On Wednesday 09 June 2004 11:55 am, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
    > In message <53993.1086779790@critter.freebsd.dk>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes:
    > >The change proposed is more or less to do:
    > > s/dev_t/struct cdev */
    > > s/udev_t/dev_t/
    > >over all the kernel sources (366 files or so).
    >
    > Looks like a "yea" so far, so I have a couple of follow-up questions:
    >
    > struct cdev currently has members named si_* because it
    > used to be called "specinfo", do we want to change that
    > inconsistency at the same time ? (either by reverting to
    > the specinfo name or by changing to a cd_ prefix ?

    Sure, maybe dev_foo prefix? cd_ is fine though, just pick one and be
    consistent.

    > cdevsw->ioctl() takes a caddr_t pointer argument which
    > really should be a void *, do we want to change that
    > as well (since it is all the same files we'll have to
    > change).

    Ok with me. 

    -- 
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