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Poul-Henning Kamp writes:
 > In message <16215.45030.31344.503298@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew Gallatin 
 > writes:

 > >system changes?  Are you talking about removing the vnode detour for
 > >drivers and giving drivers who want it access to the struct file?
 > 
 > ... and all that stuff yes.
 > 
 > It's been discussed in various emails in the past.
 > 

Which is very hard to find.  Try searching for things like 'phk + dev
+ vnode' .. ;)   I was hoping you had a writeup or a link to one
handy.


Drew