On 10/24/07, Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger@gmx.de> wrote:
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> - aio(2) support

creaking along.

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> - POSIX ptsname()  (this is used in a python binding module)

dunno.

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> - newer gcc version due to a structure padding bug with
>  an alignment attribute hidden in a typedef (this is fixed in gcc 3.4)
>  I use gcc 4.2 from the ports FYI.

can you tell me which structure?  attribute packed/aligned should
never be used on typedefs because of this.  it's one of those
astounding things that gcc compiles, but then neglects to warn that it
completely ignores the attribute.

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> Oh, a libc header cleanup is nice to have. I don't know why uvm kernel headers
> should be in /usr/include/uvm/, for example.

so that userland programs can talk to the kernel.  what's the problem?
 they're not in the way are they?  (where else would they go?)