Purpose of rtems_device_driver?

[Sebastian Huber]

On 29/09/2020 15:42, Joel Sherrill wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 8:37 AM Sebastian Huber 
> <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de 
> <mailto:sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>> wrote:
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>     Hello,
>
>     I work currently on the documentation of the IO Manager. What is the
>     purpose of
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>     typedef rtems_status_code rtems_device_driver;
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>     ?
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>     For me this looks a bit like camouflage.
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>
> No. It is a use of typedef to make the purpose of the method clear.
>
> You have nibbled at these for years. There were at least types for
> Classic Tasks, ASRs, and TSRs at one point.
Yes, the typedefs to void.
>
> If this is the last one, I'm not going to fight it. This isn't the 
> hill I am
> going to die on.
I am not suggesting to remove them although I find these typedefs pretty 
odd. I just look for some documentation text.