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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:34:47 -0700
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/vx if_vx.c if_vxreg.h src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC files.i386 src/sys/i386/eisa 3c5x9.c aha1742.c aic7770.c bt74x.c eisaconf.c eisaconf.h if_fea.c if_vx_eisa.c src/sys/i386/i386 a
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> Anyway, it shouldn't be to hard to make either of the old and the new
> implementations available under a compile option, the new calling
> API is a a superset of the old, isn't it ?
> 
NO, which is what I'm complaining about..
I thonk it's a good idea, but since it would ha ve been so simple to
keep a compatible API and extend, it, it seems a foolish thing to do
to NOT do that..

julian