From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 21 23:22:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA27485 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:22:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27480 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:22:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA06122; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:19:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802220719.XAA06122@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: Julian Elischer , "Matthew N. Dodd" , Chris Csanady , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New SoftUpdates test kit In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 22 Feb 1998 17:22:34 +1030." <19980222172234.17555@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:19:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > If it turns out to be something like this, please let me know. I'm > currently copying this method for my volume manager, and if it's going > to stop working, I need to know soon. An alternative would also be a > good idea (the reason is that both CCD and vinum use extended buf > headers with additional info at the end). Could you chain these headers off the private fields at the end of the buf structure, or is the feature set there too small? (NB. the wfd driver already uses one of these, it not being terribly clear to me at the time who they were really for use by.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message