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From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: dev_t / udev_t confusion ?
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On Wed, 2004-Jun-09 13:16:30 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>The benefit is that we get the dev_t/udev_t confusion solved, the
>disadvantage (apart from the churn) is that we reduce the already
>limited direct source compatibility with other BSDs a bit further.

Getting rid of the confusing situation where the same type name
means totally different things in userland and kernel is a big win.
We can always try to convince the other BSDs to follow suit.
-- 
Peter Jeremy