Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/luna68k/dev

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:11:34AM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 > | ISTM that if the field exists, it should always be initialized (in all
 > | tty drivers); if it doesn't need to be initialized, it shouldn't
 > | exist...
 > | 
 > | The tty code is a mess but someday someone will fix it up.
 > 
 > grep -rw t_softc /usr/src/sys reveals:
 > 
 > ./dev/ic/com.c: tp->t_softc = sc;
 > ./sys/tty.h:    void    *t_softc;               /* pointer to driver's 
 > softc. */
 > 
 > And the change was done a long time ago, and still nothing uses it.
 > 
 > date: 2013-02-24 01:20:24 -0500;  author: matt;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -1;
 > Add a t_softc member to struct tty in which a driver can store a pointer
 > to its softc.  (analogous to if_softc in struct ifnet).
 > 
 > What's the plan?

Dunno... Cc: added

(my plan has been to invade with torches and pitchforks, but I've been
putting off even looking at it while namei and vfs stuff remain a mess)

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David A. Holland
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