>>>>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:50:55 -0400 (EDT),
	der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> said:

>> Even if modecookie is used as opaque type from wscons related
>> routines, "struct video_modetiming" is better than "void *", because
>> compiler can check its type with the former.

> This may not be good.  A given OS may support multiple cards with very
> different parameters; using a single type for that requires either
> constant casting (which defeats the typechecking you cite anyway) or a
> single huge struct supporting all the parameters any such card wants.

Hmm, you are right, especially for the type that multiple different
implelmentations of the type co-exist in one kernel image.
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soda