Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 19:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc: arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: DISCUSSION: /dev/fd%d.%d and /dev/{a}cd%d[ac] to be discontinued ?
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0309041912060.41602-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <2400.1062709169@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0309041325570.41602-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju > lian Elischer writes: > >I certainly agree about the 'a' and 'c' devices. > > > >I'm not so sure that the density devices should go. > > > > [...] > > > >An ioctl to select the right member of fd_types[] > >should not be difficult fopr setting a default value.. > > Man fdcontrol(8) ? I looked a tht ecode and couuldn't convince myself (with a brief look) that it all worked. if it does work as advertised then I see no reason to keep the density devices. > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. >
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