Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:29:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Dave Rufino <dr263@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: statefulness in character device drivers Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0112091819180.12226-100000@green.csi.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20011208223850.N92148@elvis.mu.org>
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> [011208 19:43] wrote: > > > > I had some patches to do this, but lost them ages ago. If I get really > > bored next week, I'll redo them and stick them in a perforce branch. That > > said, it requires a bit more work, but is easier if you define the void** > > as optional: if it's non-NULL, then you return state, and let it get > > passed back in. Otherwise, you assume it's traditional stateless access. > > It requires some tweaking of the vnode pager, among other things, but is > > actually a relatively straight-forward patch. Maybe I'll give it a spin > > again and post patches to -arch or something. > > I'd be glad to assist in any way possible to get this integrated, > we've really been wanting this for various reasons (mostly linnex > compat) let me know if you're too busy and I can try to take over > from your existing work. Point being, I want this done ASAP. :) I would likewise be glad to assist, and have a similar vested interest in getting this done. I also suspect I have more free time to work on it. :) David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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