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To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: snd driver attach routine 
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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:18:19 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Well, we should be able to detect device specific failure and 
not allow access to the device driver that way our drivers don't
have to handle a fatal low level device configuration .

	Amancio

>From The Desk Of Stefan Esser :
> On Jul 14, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote:
> > >Problem: what should be the return type of *attach() routines ?
> > 
> > Perhaps it should be void to match reality, but it currently must be
> > int for isa drivers to match the prototype in `struct isa_driver'.
> > 
> > >The drivers in /sys/pci all return void for the attach routine.
> > 
> > They have to, to match the prototype in `strcuct pci_driver'.
> 
> I could easily change the return type of 
> the PCI attach function. Should I ???
> 
> Regards, STefan