Subject: Re: port-i386/2184: i386 boot blocks don't compile
To: None <scottr@plexus.com>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/07/1996 14:59:57
> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:41:58 -0600 (CST)
> From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com>
> The problem that was reported is a valid one. Some discussion has brought
> to light the fact that the DIRSIZ macro was never intended to be anything
> but ufs-specific. I don't like this collision between the ufs DIRSIZ, the
> compat (<dir.h>) DIRSIZ, and now the dirent DIRSIZ definitions.
>
> I'd like to propose that the DIRSIZ macro be renamed in <sys/dirent.h>,
> in thise case, and change the two files that rely on this
> (msdosfs_vnops.c and cd9660_vnops.c) to use this new macro, instead.
> I'd do it myself if I was clear on all of the ramifications...
That sounds reasonable. The name DIRENT_SIZE makes some sense.
Gordon