linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/14] [ISDN] Hisax: eliminate many unnecessary references to CardType[]

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Message-ID: <20080215133759.GI1178@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:37:59 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kkeil@...e.de,
	isdn4linux@...tserv.isdn4linux.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] [ISDN] Hisax: eliminate many unnecessary references to CardType[]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 03:42:07AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> For the vast majority of CardType[card->typ] uses (but not all!),
> the string is constant for each driver.  Therefore, we may replace
> CardType[card->typ] with the actual string describing the driver, making
> each printk() a bit more simple.
> 
> This also has the nice, intended side effect of greatly reducing
> external references to hisax global CardType[].  This will be of value
> once the ISDN drivers are converted to the ISA/PCI/PNP hotplug APIs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>

Looks good. No comments.

	Sam
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