netdev - Re: [PATCH next 2/7] 8139cp : removal of headers.

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Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:13:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 2/7] 8139cp : removal of headers.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:26:49 +0200

> I am sceptical about the value in including so much headers for
> rather common things at the network device driver level. After all
> the code is supposed to be cross-platform, modular or monolithic
> built.

We are trying very hard to split out the implicit inclusions of
one set of headers into another.

So you absolutely should always include the headers for all features
you explicitly use.
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