linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mbcs: Remove lots of global symbols

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Message-ID: <46923E3B.70203@sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:55:07 +0200
From:	Jes Sorensen <jes@....com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-altix@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mbcs: Remove lots of global symbols

Alan Cox wrote:
> MBCS has a collection of things that searches say are not used elsewhere
> and could be static. If this is the case they should be static, if not
> then someone at SGI should rename things like "soft_list" so they don't
> pollute the global namespace with generic names...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

Hi Alan,

I don't know anything about the mbcs driver, but I bounced it by the
authors. Will get back to you asap.

Cheers,
Jes

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