Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:59:30 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c scsi_cd.h src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c src/sys/sys cdrio.h src/usr.sbin/burncd burncd.8 burncd.c src/usr.sbin/cdcontrol cdcontrol.1 cdcontrol.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211200958240.64403-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <1037784427.80799.1.camel@herring.nlsystems.com>
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On 20 Nov 2002, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 02:29, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:18:59PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > > > See the HEADSUP on stable@ and ports@. Only people who were using the > > > FreeBSD-only ioctls need to change, simply by multiplying by 177 (the > > > kernel was doing this conversion before). API is preserved although units > > > have changed. > > > > Also, what will happen when someone uses an old 4.x binary that calls > > these ioctls on 5.0? > > This should be backed out in both current and stable. A new ioctl number > should be allocated for the new behaviour and the old behaviour > supported for the old ioctl number. Preserving the ABI for this is easy > and it prevents problems for users. See previous message where I built a small patch to preserve previous behavior. I am running it by the two maintainers and got one "ok" already. If the other approves, your suggestion will be unnecessary. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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