linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: avoid sparse warning in HID_COMPAT_LOAD

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Message-ID: <494B5BC4.100@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:31:00 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net>
CC:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: avoid sparse warning in HID_COMPAT_LOAD_DRIVER

On 12/16/2008 08:44 PM, Hannes Eder wrote:
> But, don't ask my why the void functions with empty function bodies
> are exported.

Because of autoload to create a dependency. Note that this is a temporary
solution to workaround the non-presence of hid bus in module-init-tools and will
be removed in next few releases.
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