Re: dev_t / udev_t confusion ?

From: Peter Wemm (peter_at_wemm.org)
Date: 06/10/04

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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:37:00 -0700

    On Wednesday 09 June 2004 08:55 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:

    I had a slight preference for 'kdev_t *' in the kernel, but 'struct cdev
    *' works for me as well so I've changed my mind. No objection from me
    then.

    > 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 ?

    Whatever works.

    > 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).

    Yes from me. 

    -- 
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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