linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/34] move atp870u

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Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:13:17 +0200
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yang Hongyang <yanghy@...fujitsu.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/34] move atp870u_remove to .devexit.text

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 02:20:02PM +0000, James Bottomley wrote:
> Given that practically every kernel on the planet is hotplug enabled
> these days and that the savings on the very few that aren't from
> discarding the devexit section is at most a page or two (and even arm
> says they don't care about that), there doesn't seem to be any point
> making these changes.  In fact, I think we can just kill devinit and
> devexit as section markers.
IMHO you should better kill CONFIG_HOTPLUG completely then.

Best regards
Uwe

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