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To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Subject: Re: __P(()) Macro 
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:17:46 -0800
From: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>
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	Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:21:16 -0800
	From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
	To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>
	Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, arch@freebsd.org
	Subject: Re: __P(()) Macro

	* Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> [020319 14:20] wrote:
	> 	Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:42:09 -0800
	> 	From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
	> 	To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com>
	> 	CC: arch@freebsd.org
	> 	Subject: Re: __P(()) Macro
	> 
	> 	Kirk McKusick wrote:
	> 	> OpenBSD has completed the cleanup of the __P(()) macro.
	> 	> While we have agreed in principle to do the same, I note
	> 	> many instances of __P(()) still exist. Hopefully someone
	> 	> will take the bull by the horns and grunt through this task.
	> 	> 
	> 	>         Kirk McKusick
	> 
	> 	I assume that only someone with -current sources could do
	> 	this?  I.e. the delta is only applicable against -current,
	> 	not -stable, so it will be a 5.0 thing, not a 4.6 thing?
	> 
	> 	-- Terry
	> 
	> It would be my assumption that this would only happen in the
	> 5.0 tree.

	I'm making the sweep through the kernel now, may I touch ufs/ffs
	or would that hinder your current devel?

	-- 
	-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
	'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
	 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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You may do ufs/*. I can handle the change.

	~Kirk

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