From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 2 10:04:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE36C106568B; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [IPv6:2001:770:10:300::86e2:510b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E46168FC1A; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:04:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie ([134.226.81.10] helo=walton.maths.tcd.ie) by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 2 Nov 2009 10:04:36 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:04:35 +0000 From: David Malone To: Ed Schouten Message-ID: <20091102100435.GA67211@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200910311035.n9VAZfIb082932@svn.freebsd.org> <20091031.190353.-332187386.imp@bsdimp.com> <20091101011212.GG1293@hoeg.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091101011212.GG1293@hoeg.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: svn commit: r198706 - head/sys/sys X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:04:39 -0000 On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 02:12:12AM +0100, Ed Schouten wrote: > No, we don't. All these fields are not used by drivers, just some old > version of the devfs code. I made sure struct cdevsw didn't change in > size, so there should be no API nor ABI conflicts. Surely it is an API change, but not an ABI change? Code that used to do: d.d_uid = 3; will no longer compile, but code that was comipled with the old version will still run. I understand that the assignment doesn't do anything useful, but I suppose there still could be code that does it? David.