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From: jbradford@dial.pipex.com
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Stupid luser question
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:14:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200210011814.g91IEEY5007979@darkstar.example.net> (raw)

Just wondering, what is the purpose of the comment /* { */ which is found in various seemingly random places in the kernel:

# grep -F -r "/* { */" *

drivers/video/font_acorn_8x8.c:/* 7B */  0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x70, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x00, /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi_syms.c:#if defined(CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING)       /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING          /* { */
drivers/scsi/scsi.c:#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING          /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.h:#ifdef __KERNEL__      /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifndef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH   /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#ifdef MPT_SCSI_USE_NEW_EH            /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c:#if 0         /* { */
drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c:#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS              /* { */

John.

             reply	other threads:[~2002-10-01 18:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-01 18:14 jbradford [this message]
2002-10-01 18:29 ` Stupid luser question Eli Carter
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2002-10-01 18:30 Petr Vandrovec
2002-10-01 18:36 John Hall

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