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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 09:16:25AM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> On 08/09/2025 11:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> Bios are embedded into other structures, and at least spare is unhappy
>
> sparse?

Yes.

>
>> about embedding structures with variable sized arrays.  There's no
>> real need to the array anyway,
>
> "real need for the array anyway"?

Yes.