is dev_ops_add() permanently removed ?

Naoya Sugioka naoya.sugioka at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 23:34:21 PDT 2009


Hi Alex and Matt,

Thank you for the response. Since the manpage make_dev (9) is old, I
will check how other kernel modules uses make_dev() with devfs.
Naoya

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Alex<ahornung at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there's no direct substitute; instead just use make_dev properly :)
> No, there are no plans to bring it back ever, it is not needed anymore
> with devfs. If you need help fixing your kernel module(s) do not
> hesitate to contact me.
>
> Sincerely,
> Alex Hornung
>
> 2009/8/13 Naoya Sugioka <naoya.sugioka at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question.
>>
>> By recent change
>> (http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commit/3e82b46c18bc48fdb3c1d60729c7661b3a0bf6bf)
>> dev_ops_add()
>>  is no longer existing in sys/device.h.
>> Can someone give me a clue what is a substitute, or any recovery plan
>> it will be back soon ?
>>
>> I'm using dev_ops_add() in kqemu module modevent() routine.
>>
>> thank you,
>> -Naoya
>>
>





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