Re: CVS commit: src

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On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 05:03:04PM +0100, J. Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> 
> > On 08 Dec 2016, at 15:41, Nathanial Sloss <nat%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 23:57:51 J. Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> >> +#define        D_MCLOSE        0x0004
> >> 
> >> What is a MCLOSE device class?
> >> 
> > 
> > Normally character devices are don't execute the close function untill the 
> > last instance of device is closed.  MCLOSE is short for multiple close, for 
> > use when you want the close function to run when any instance of the device, 
> > in this case audio, is closed.
> 
> So it should become a flag like 0x0400, not a class in the 0x00ff range.
> 
> Where was this change discussed?
> 

Whole change was introduced in a fairly long thread, starting here:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2016/05/thread1.html#020572