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Subject: Re: SET, CLR, ISSET in types.h for _KERNEL builds 
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In message: <28872.1151526546@critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <20060628150227.R75801@fledge.watson.org>, "Andrew R. Reiter" writes
: :
: >
: >I apologize for top posting, but I lost the email that I think my 
: >point/question pertains to.
: >
: >Part of this seems to be for compatibility / merging from drivers of other 
: >OSes, no?  If I am wrong, ignore me :-).  If this is the case, would it be 
: >better to create some common other area for things of this nature so that 
: >it suffices to allow builds, but does not infect other areas of our own 
: >code base?
: 
: That's what I proposed too:  #include <sys/netbsd_compat.h>

This is even lamer.  It makes no sense to invent a stupid place for a
compatibility define.  Might as well put the definition of NULL in
limits.h.

I'm killing this idea because people hate it.

Warner