Re: [PATCH] grub-probe support for NetBSD

["Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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Grégoire Sutre wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:31:46AM +0100, Grégoire Sutre wrote:
>>> +#if defined(__NetBSD__)
>>> +      /* Convert this block device to its character (raw) device */
>>> +      res = xmalloc (strlen (cwd) + strlen (ent->d_name) + 3);
>>> +      sprintf (res, "%s/r%s", cwd, ent->d_name);
>>> +#else
>>>        res = xmalloc (strlen (cwd) + strlen (ent->d_name) + 2);
>>>        sprintf (res, "%s/%s", cwd, ent->d_name);
>>> +#endif
>>
>> Can you avoid code duplication here?  Something like:
>>
>> #ifdef __NetBSD__
>>   const char *template = "%s/r%s";
>> #else
>>   const char *template = "%s/%s";
>> #endif
>
> Indeed, it's better.  But we also need a variable for the extra length
> (3 for NetBSD and 2 otherwise).  
One byte is cheap. No need for gimmicks just to save one byte. You can
always allocate with +3
> I have updated the patch.
>
> http://pkgsrc-wip.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/pkgsrc-wip/wip/grub2-current/patches/patch-grub-probe-netbsd
>
>
> The patch is not finished yet: as discussed on IRC, I'll try to
> factorize Linux and NetBSD code in grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev,
> and to fix the floppy problem.
>
> Grégoire
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko



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