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Subject: Re: [PATCH 056/493] edac: remove use of __devexit_p
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 01:20:05PM -0500, Bill Pemberton wrote:
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG is going away as an option so __devexit_p is no longer
> needed.

Erm, I don't understand. __devexit_p is defined also for modules not
only for CONFIG_HOTPLUG:

#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
#define __devexit_p(x) x
#else
#define __devexit_p(x) NULL
#endif

AFAICT, we cannot remove it yet no?

Thanks.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.