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Date:      Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:20:36 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        dfr@render.com, fs@FreeBSD.ORG, lite2@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New d_type field in *devsw
Message-ID:  <199609231520.BAA23463@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>What use is [bc]devsw->d_type in Lite2?  It is not used anywhere and
>having it means changing *every* driver in the system since the
>initialiser for [bc]devsw is different.  I would quite like to keep
>[bc]devsw the same as before the lite2 merge to keep compatability with
>existing drivers.  What do others think?

Yes, don't change it.  It probably needs to be done in another way for
devfs.

Bruce
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