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Date:      Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:54:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Drew Eckhardt <drew@PoohSticks.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Suboptimal mmap of devices on i86
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010129165434.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200101292345.f0TNj6A79322@earth.backplane.com>

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On 29-Jan-01 Matt Dillon wrote:
>     I like it, with some minor tweaks.  I recommend:
> 
>       * name the new function vm_map_findspace2() (or something similarly
>         short.
> 
>       * change all callers of vm_map_findspace() to instead call 
>         vm_map_findspace2() directly.
> 
>       * depreciate the original vm_map_findspace() entirely (get rid of
>         it rather then supplying a compatibility function).
> 
>     The name change is to ensure that out of date loadable modules 
>     don't try to use the new function with the wrong arguments.  Better
>     to get a kld error then to crash.
> 
>                                               -Matt

Oh yuck.  Please do rename the darn thing back at some point then.  Or if its
only going to be in -current, don't bother.  No one expects to be able to use a
4.x module in 5.x, so just change the function w/o the old name.

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