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From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/scsi sd.c
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ok ok ok  sorry
it was late (early)

I think I just hadn't realise until now how EMBEDDED devsw[] and dev_t is
in the way that the scsi system finds it's way around.

julian

On Thu, 7 May 1998, Peter Dufault wrote:

> >   Apparently I didn't make my plans to make dev_t and devsw[] go away
> >   under DEVFS quite clear enough to Peter Dufault as he stitched the SCSI
> >   system together using them when he redid the configuration side of things.
> >   This made is rather an effort to remove all vestiges of dev_t and
> >   devsw[] entries from sd.c in DEVFS/SLICE mode.
> 
> Be fair, Julian:
> 
> > revision 1.51
> > date: 1995/03/01 22:24:45;  author: dufault;  state: Exp;  lines: +104 -189
> > Reviewed by:    gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com julian@freefall.cdrom.com
> > 1. Support for fixed device configuration
> > 2. Hoisted common code to scsi_driver
> > 3. SCSI busses dynamically allocated at boot
> > 4. Reorg'd for LKMs
> 
> I think much devfs stuff went in well after that.
> 
> Peter
> 
> -- 
> Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com)   Realtime development, Machine control,
> HD Associates, Inc.               Safety critical systems, Agency approval
>