Re: First C Device API Draft

> CVS
> absence of an idea for a better name, the kernel module bundling the 
> functionality
> for getting information about sessions and partitions of devices is 
> called
> partscan (for partition scanner, better suggestions are welcome :-) 

How about diskscan (more general, considering sessions)? Or 
storage_device_scanner (descriptive, though long)? 

> and resides
> in `src/add-ons/kernel/partscan'. The modules for sessions, 
> partitions and
> FSs go into the respective subdirs. Currently only one, 
> `partition/intel',
> being able to recognize DOS partition maps is implemented.
> 
> The headers for the modules live in `headers/private/partscan'. They 
> contain
> a bit of documentation about there API. The user API is defined in
> `headers/os/kernel/fs_device.h'.
> 
> In `src/tests/add-ons/kernel/partscan' the user land versions of the 
> modules
> are built and there's also some test code.
> 
> As said, this is a first draft. Suggestions/ideas are very welcome.

So far just one question: what's the reason for passing "off_t 
sessionOffset" and "off_t sessionSize" to the two partition functions 
declared in partscan.h? Why not just pass a "struct session_info*" 
(which seems clearer and easier to me)? 

-Tyler