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Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:15:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extract common MODULE_INFO content into new moduleinfo.h. On Sun, 20 May 2007, David Rientjes wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i can do that as long as there's no way that those changes can > > (even theoretically) make a difference in the build. in order to > > make sure this patch didn't break anything, i went with a straight > > cut-and-paste of the content to go into the new moduleinfo.h. > > __attribute_used__ is pointless outside of function definitions so > the way it is currently written is incorrect. > > > so while i agree that those changes shouldn't hurt, personally, > > i'd prefer to just put this patch through as is and come back > > later to do any tidying related to attribute rewording. > > __attribute_used__ is deprecated so it would be helpful to change it > now instead of requiring a second patch. It's better if new patches > no longer use a deprecated attribute. fair enough. i'll submit a revised patch shortly. rday p.s. um ... just off-hand, i'm hoping that people understand the rationale behind this patch. -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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