linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Char: add __devinitdata to pci_device

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Date:	Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:50:44 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cyclades team <async@...lades.com>, airlied@...ux.ie,
	dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, nils@...nelconcepts.de,
	wim@...ana.be, R.E.Wolff@...wizard.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Char: add __devinitdata to pci_device_ids

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 04:39:34PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 2/3/07, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com> wrote:
> >On 2/3/07, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> >> add __devinitdata to pci_device_ids
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
> >
> >http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/8/1/135
> >
> >I think that it is still true, Greg?

No it is not.

> Hmm, then I misunderstood this:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/17/136
> ?

Yes, that is correct.

But Jiri, why do this?  What memory savings are you seeing here now that
CONFIG_HOTPLUG is enabled by default?  The only people I see liking this
kind of change are embedded, and I don't think many embedded devices
have these drivers and do not use hotplug at the same time :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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