Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/39215; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, lib-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
        gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
        dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:59:35 -0400

 On Aug 1,  4:34pm, M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost (Matthias Drochner) 
wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match
 
 | 
 | christos%zoulas.com@localhost said:
 | > libc interfaces should use typed return values as opposed to plain
 | > integral types
 | 
 | OK. But major and minor numbers live in another number space
 | than dev_t. Solaris and OSF/1 have major_t and minor_t typedefs,
 | we could do the same.
 
 That is fine with me too.
 
 christos