Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

[Kai Henningsen]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)  wrote on 16.05.01 in 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> At some point something talks to the device -- in this case, it's the
> SCSI layer.  Follow the interfaces in the kernel and it becomes obvious.

rc = sys_iskind(int filehandle, const char *driverkind)

rc = 0 or Esomething

Think of it as a generalization of isatty(). Maybe

#define isatty(f) sys_iskind(f, "tty")

:-;

MfG Kai
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