netdev - RE: [PATCH 080/493] fddi: remove use of __devexit

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:33:05 -0000
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	"Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	"Bill Pemberton" <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 080/493] fddi: remove use of __devexit_p

> > Even those don't care about less than 5k of memory, do they?
> 
>  I guess you're right.  As long as it's not 5k per driver +
> who_knows_how_much per platform for some generic stuff that is.  Of course
> this is still a waste, but I can accept it as a compromise between the use

If you are worried about that much memory (eg for a small embedded Linux)
I'r worry about the sizes of all the hash tables that keep popping up.
At least some of them really need converting to some kind of tree.

	David



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