Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 03:08:09PM +0000, Havard Eidnes wrote:
>  > Log Message:
>  > Change va_fsid from long to u_long, so that we can store a dev_t
>  > there without incurring warnings (which turns into build errors)
>  > about conversions from unsigned int to long.
>  > OK'ed by christos@.
>
> From the name, I would think it ought to be fsid_t, but it looks as if
> that's a red herring and it was left partway through a cleanup that
> intended to change it to fsid_t later. Or something like that.

Hm, yes, possibly.  It appears that fsid_t is a 64-bit non-integral
type, so changing it to that right now as an alternative to this
"point fix" would have possibly wide-ranging consequences, and would
certainly change the binary layout.  On the other hand, I had already
verified that the simpler fix worked as a "build fix"; I had
successfully completed several port rebuilds with this fix in place,
so I concluded that it ought to be good enough for now.

Regards,

- Håvard