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On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> If the user/kernel interface for this device under Linux has semantics
> that require per-descriptor private data, you can manage it under 
> NetBSD,
> though it's not tremendously pretty.  Have a look at the various
> device implementations in the kernel modules that implement VMware
> compatibility; they need to do that.  You might also want to have a 
> look
> at the "devvp" branch (or did we finally merge that?) which was 
> intended
> to make this sort of thing easier.

devvp had some fundamental flaws, and is dead.

You can take a look at the "dmover" stuff, too... it is a "per-open 
cloning" device.  All the magic happens in dmoverioopen().

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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