Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:08:13 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: phk@freebsd.org Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: DEVFS and GEOM mandatorification timeline. Message-ID: <15909.41869.176059.969484@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <17320.1042650537@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <15909.37306.656490.486061@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <17320.1042650537@critter.freebsd.dk>
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phk@freebsd.org writes: > In message <15909.37306.656490.486061@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew Gallatin > writes: > > > > > >Speaking of /dev, driver writers, and API/ABI decisions to be made > >before the 5.0-stable brach, I've got a minor axe to grind. Factory > >devices. > > > >Weren't you talking about changing the driver interface in such a way > >as to make factory devices easier to implement on FreeBSD? I would > >*love* to see this in 5.0-stable so that I don't have to support the > >clunky old way I came up with to handle it (conjuring a vnode out of > >thin air..) Or am I all wet, and its easy to do now? > > There are a number of ways to do this, none easy (IMO). > > I understand what you want, but I don't think we can credibly claim > to get this into any working shape for 5-stable. I obviously don't know this code as well as you do, but I'd think that adding a 'struct file *fp' pointer to the list of args that the various vops take would be all thats needed. What am I missing? Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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