netdev - Re: [PATCH 11/16] x86: prefer __section from compiler

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Date:   Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:31:27 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/16] x86: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h

Nick,

On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Nick Desaulniers wrote:

-ECHANGELOG_EMPTY

While I think I know the reason for this change, it's still usefull to have
some explanaiton of WHY this is preferred in the change log.

Thanks,

	tglx