Re: [plex86] warning in kernel/monprint.c

[Jeff Dubrule]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 10:21:59AM -0400, Kevin Lawton wrote:
> How about I change to 'unsigned int', rather than 'int', since
> the val is assigned to an unsigned char?  Is your compiler cool
> with that?

Yep.

While we're at it...  This will allow the plex86 program itself to use
the /dev/misc/plex86, as well as /dev/plex86.

secret-lab:~/src/build/plex86$ cvs diff user/user.c
Index: user/user.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot-plex86/plex86/user/user.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 user.c
--- user/user.c 2000/10/26 18:24:51     1.13
+++ user/user.c 2000/10/27 14:25:01
@@ -203,13 +203,17 @@
     /* open a new VM */
 
     fprintf (stderr, "Opening VM (/dev/plex86)\n");
-    filehdl = open ("/dev/plex86", O_RDWR);
+    filehdl = open ("/dev/misc/plex86", O_RDWR);
     if (filehdl < 0)
     {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Did you load the kernel module?"
-                "  Read the toplevel README file!\n");
-        perror ("open");
-        exit (1);
+      /* Try the old name */
+        filehdl =  open("/dev/plex86", O_RDWR);
+       if (!filehdl) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "Did you load the kernel module?"
+                 "  Read the toplevel README file!\n");
+         perror ("open");
+         exit (1);
+       }
     }
 }