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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0812191037110.26265@jikos.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:37:33 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
cc:	Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>, 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 Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Jiri Slaby 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.

BTW while we are at it -- what is the status with module-init-tools? Has 
the support been merged already?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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