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> If, for example, the character device driver to system interface
> were relatively static (which it could be if it were well designed
> and thought out in the first place, instead of being incrementally
> revised every Tuesday),....

If 'ifs and butts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas.'



Nate