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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/sys/dev/vn vn.c src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c src/sys/kern kern_shutdown.c kern_xxx.c subr_prf.c
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>> The broken method is no longer used and should never be used, so support
>> for it (cleanups, cleanup_set, executing the cleanups) should be deleted.

>I wasn't sure that some 3rd party wasn't using it in a proprietary 
>module so decided to make it NOISY for a while before deleting it..
>it'll go away..

Failing to compile or load (an lkm) is noisier and safer.

>(where to put it). I have started thinking about having some ordering
>e.g. similar to the SYSINIT ordering, maybe a couple of categories..
>the last of which would be shutting down raw devices.

I hope this isn't necessary.  SYSINIT provides more complications that
benefits.

Bruce