From owner-freebsd-lite2 Mon Sep 23 06:05:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-lite2 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA07067 for lite2-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from minnow.render.com (render.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA06964; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from minnow.render.com (minnow.render.com [193.195.178.1]) by minnow.render.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA16765; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 14:05:24 +0100 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 14:05:23 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: fs@freebsd.org, lite2@freebsd.org Subject: New d_type field in *devsw Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-lite2@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk What use is [bc]devsw->d_type in Lite2? It is not used anywhere and having it means changing *every* driver in the system since the initialiser for [bc]devsw is different. I would quite like to keep [bc]devsw the same as before the lite2 merge to keep compatability with existing drivers. What do others think? -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 FAX: +44 171 734 6426