cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/kern subr_clist.c tty_subr.c

Attilio Rao attilio at freebsd.org
Tue May 27 09:44:16 UTC 2008


2008/5/27, Ed Schouten <ed at freebsd.org>:
> ed          2008-05-27 06:41:50 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/conf             files
>     sys/kern             subr_clist.c
>   Removed files:
>     sys/kern             tty_subr.c
>   Log:
>   Rename `tty_subr.c' to `subr_clist.c'.
>
>   Because clists are also used outside the TTY layer, rename the file
>   containing the clist routines to something more accurate.
>
>   The mpsafetty TTY layer doesn't use clists. It uses its own buffers,
>   which also implement the unbuffered copying to userspace. We cannot
>   simply remove the clist routines then, because this would break various
>   drivers that are present within the kernel.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it wouldn't have worth to repo-copy it?

Thanks,
Attilio


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