Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Bosko Milekic
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Is this just going to make portablity between the various *BSD kernels > > more difficult for what's essentially a cosmetic change? I'm thinking > > of things like KAME, ALTQ, etc. > > I agree, however this argument keeps coming up: > "I thoug

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Jonathan Lemon
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:45:43PM -0500, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: > > In article >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you write: > > > > > >On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > >> I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. > > >> > > >> Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Louis A. Mamakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001216 11:45] wrote: > > In article >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you write: > > > > > >On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > >> I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. > > >> > > >> Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT shou

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Louis A. Mamakos
> In article >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you write: > > > >On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > >> I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. > >> > >> Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT should reduce the delta by quite a bit and > >> M_TRYWAIT vs M_TRY_WAIT because

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >> I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. >> >> Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT should reduce the delta by quite a bit and >> M_TRYWAIT vs M_TRY_WAIT because you have M_DONTWA

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Bosko Milekic
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. > > Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT should reduce the delta by quite a bit and > M_TRYWAIT vs M_TRY_WAIT because you have M_DONTWAIT/M_DONTBLOCK. > > -Alfred I agree. Any

Re: Changing the names of some M_flags

2000-12-16 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Bosko Milekic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001216 11:15] wrote: > > Hello, > > Recently, there was a bikeshed on one of the lists dealing with > whether or not to rename M_WAIT and M_DONTWAIT flags to something else > that would "communicate more of the Right Thing" to developers > consi