Re: [PATCH] Add <linux/kdev_t.h> to <linux/bio.h>

Tom Rini (trini@kernel.crashing.org)
Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:42:01 -0700

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:34:20AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 04:22:20PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> > The following add <linux/kdev_t.h> to <linux/bio.h>.
> >
> > This is needed since bio_ioctl takes a kdev_t for its first argument.
>
> This should be fixed by a patch I submitted earlier today (you're getting
> a build error in fs/mpage.c, right?)

Nope. This was with that applied. I'm breaking up mm.h, slightly,
right now and hit that.

> hch asked the very pertinent question though - why isn't kdev_t defined
> by linux/types.h ?

That is a good question... Possibly because of the other stuff
associated with it.

-- 
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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