On 02/12/2010, at 10:35 PM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote:

>
> If this works then ok k...@. Certainly comparing all the fields is
> better as far as I am concerned.
>
> My only twinge is relying on the overflow of the unit field. Some
> clever dick (intern?) may look at MAKEBOOTDEV() some day and apply
> the masks as the word is being constructed. Perhaps a cautionary
> note in sys/sys/reboot.h saying we rely on unit overflowing would
> not go amiss.

we'll fix the bootloader eventually. i just dont think that is a great idea at
this point in the cycle.

dlg

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