linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/15] pcmcia: synclink_cs: remove MGSLPC

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Message-ID: <9d96c96d-dfc7-7749-07d4-2601c00661c2@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:21:57 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     наб <nabijaczleweli@...ijaczleweli.xyz>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        Hu Haowen <src.res@...il.cn>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc-tw-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/15] pcmcia: synclink_cs: remove MGSLPC_MAGIC

On 10/27/22 05:42, наб wrote:
> This is 100% dead cruft, and we have better debugging tooling nowadays:
> kill it
> 

Again, same reply as [1].

Also, ask yourself: what are better ways to do debugging kernel (including
tools) than relying to magic numbers?

Thanks.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/47c2bffb-6bfe-7f5d-0d2d-3cbb99d31019@gmail.com/

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