Garrett D'Amore writes: > Oops, that should say I'm "not" changing the size allowed. The > "interface" impact for device drivers is that they get a bigger M_DATA > now, rather than a chain of smaller M_DATAs. AFAICT, there is no real > public spec for how the data will be broken up. > > I've not proposed to change the spec for drivers so that they can know > that it will all be in one M_DATA, but it may be worth doing that. I'll > file a case.
If an RTI Advocate were to ask me about a change like that, I'd say that it likely flies under the ARC radar. Decreasing the allowable size of the M_DATA blocks could potentially cause existing modules to fall apart, but it's hard to see how increasing it has any interesting impact on anything. I'd say "looks good; drive on." -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
