Re: CVS commit: src

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

In article <20150102092310.GP2079%apb-laptoy.apb.alt.za@localhost>,
Alan Barrett  <apb%cequrux.com@localhost> wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Michael van Elst wrote:
>>Log Message:
>>Implement DIOCGMEDIASIZE and DIOCGSECTORSIZE from FreeBSD.
>
>This needs compat32 handling, at least for the u_int arg to
>DIOCGSECTORSIZE.
>
>Why not make it a fixed size, like uint32_t, so compat32 handling will
>not be needed?

I think it was made u_int to match previous art by FreeBSD. Can you please
explain why it needs compat32 handling?

christos