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: 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
Cc: 
Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:00:20 -0400

 On Aug 1,  2:45pm, dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost (David Holland) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match
 
 | The following reply was made to PR lib/39215; it has been noted by GNATS.
 | 
 | From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 | To: David Holland <dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost>
 | Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
 |      gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 | Subject: Re: lib/39215: getdevmajor()/major() types don't match
 | Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:40:30 +0000
 | 
 |  On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 06:01:13PM -0400, David Holland wrote:
 |   > > I'd never dare to touch dev_t itself -- the patch is just about
 |   > > the return value of the userland getdevmajor() function.
 |   > 
 |   > I've made a note to change getdevmajor() to return long in said branch
 |   > when the time comes.
 |  
 |  Not that this would be good enough. I guess it's time for devmajor_t
 |  and devminor_t?
 
 Yes, and I like those names better than just major_t and minor_t since
 they are less namespace pollutant :-)
 
 christos