Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 22:37:34 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: pst@shockwave.com, committers@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, julian@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c uipc_socket2.c Message-ID: <32194F1E.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <199608200424.OAA08956@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > > > There should be at most one majors.h file. Drivers don't need to know > > their own numbers, but kern_conf.c needs to know until the numbers go > > >Yes they do! That's the rub. Lots of things in drivers call makedev(). :-( > > In 2.1.5, only 3 or 4 console drivers call All the other > calls in -current are to use the braindamaged [bc]devsw_add() interfaces. those interfaces were kept compatible with the version in OSF1 amd Terry's original LKM system versions.. I envision that once things have progressed beyond a certain point, most of those makedev() entries will initially be ignored and then removed. > > Bruce
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