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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:15:29 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: dfff37765ce4 - main - Rename struct device to struct _device
Message-ID:  <20210412171529.GA24055@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202104121430.13CEUUIq030729@slippy.cwsent.com>
References:  <202104121336.13CDaI5A029079@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <202104121430.13CEUUIq030729@slippy.cwsent.com>

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On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 07:30:30AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Mark Johnston writes:
> >
> >     Rename struct device to struct _device
> >     [...]
> 
> Not that a name matters much but struct _device gives me a sense that
> the struct is ancillary. Whereas freebsd_device or fbsd_device is more
> descriptive and gives the struct the status it deserves.

It should not be needed, AFAIR, as device_t is one of a few properly opaque
typedefs for (opaque) struct pointers.  Bruce had explained this in detail
a couple of times, at least:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2011-October/030894.html
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2016-May/085790.html

./danfe



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