Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/03/2006 12:38:03
On Oct 3, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> I'm not sure about that. There are things for which I think a proplib
> woudl be fine, and there are things it isn't fine for. My  
> understanding of
> why you wanted p_flag2 was for flags. I think bits in an int is a very
> efficient way of storing bit flags.
>
> Just add it right before you add the feature that pushes us over 32  
> bits
> worth of flags.

There is general objection on the grounds that the right way is to  
extend the proc so that arbitrary subsystems can add info to it.   
Whether that is proplib or with a get/set-specific type API is  
currently under debate.

>
> Take care,
>
> Bill

-- thorpej