Subject: Re: fallout from 'caddr_t' => 'void *' change
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/08/2007 13:40:33
>> 'volative caddr_t ptr' is a volatile pointer to characters
>> 'volatile void *ptr' is a pointer to volatile data.
Depends on whether caddr_t is a #define or a typedef. While this isn't
variable for us, it would surprise me if there weren't other systems
that differed - meaning that different people may have written
"volatile caddr_t" declarations expecting different things.
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