Date: 20 Nov 2002 09:27:07 +0000 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c scsi_cd.h src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c src/sys/sys cdrio.h src/usr.sbin/burncd burncd.8 burncd.c src/usr.sbin/cdcontrol cdcontrol.1 cdcontrol.c Message-ID: <1037784427.80799.1.camel@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20021120022910.GA7969@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20021119165032.A26021@citusc.usc.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211191804190.61933-100000@root.org> <20021120022910.GA7969@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 02:29, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:18:59PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > See the HEADSUP on stable@ and ports@. Only people who were using the > > FreeBSD-only ioctls need to change, simply by multiplying by 177 (the > > kernel was doing this conversion before). API is preserved although units > > have changed. > > Also, what will happen when someone uses an old 4.x binary that calls > these ioctls on 5.0? This should be backed out in both current and stable. A new ioctl number should be allocated for the new behaviour and the old behaviour supported for the old ioctl number. Preserving the ABI for this is easy and it prevents problems for users. -- Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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