Re: misc/43348: driver(9) man page has strange examples

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/43348; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: misc/43348: driver(9) man page has strange examples
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:57:51 -0400

 On Mon, 24 May 2010 13:50:00 +0000 (UTC)
 fujiyosi.ncl%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 
 > driver(9) man page has strange examples of foo_cdevsw and foo_bdevsw.
 > 
 >     const struct cdevsw foo_cdevsw {
 >              int (*d_open)(dev_t, int, int, struct lwp *);
 >              int (*d_close)(dev_t, int, int, struct lwp *);
 >              ...
 >     };
 > 
 > They should be like
 > 
 >     const struct cdevsw foo_cdevsw {
 >             fooopen, fooclose, .....
 >     };
 
 Although I agree that the above wouldn't work as a litteral code
 example, I think that those were deliberate to make the required
 function types obvious.  That said, possibly the manual page could both
 describe the C structure including those prototypes, as well as provide
 an actual example, perhaps.
 -- 
 Matt