linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] mfd/sm501.c: #if 0 unused functions

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Message-ID: <20080413194755.GB13920@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:47:55 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben@...tec.co.uk>, Vincent Sanders <vince@...tec.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mfd/sm501.c: #if 0 unused functions

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 09:34:24PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>...
> Please don't see my comments as complaints. They are not intended as
> such. I'm merely currious why we keep adding all these '#if 0's since
> I don't see the point and I can just see them piling up into some huge
> janitorial mountain from hell to be tackled some time in the future by
> whomever is masochistic enough to try ;-)

The main advantage of the #if 0 solution is that it not only stops 
bloating the kernel image, but in the frequent "I might need it some day" 
case I can simply say "no problem with my patch - just remove the #if 0".

cu
Adrian

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