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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:33:37 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys_device_[un]register() are not syscalls
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:07:53AM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
> 
> sys_xyz() names in Linux are all syscalls... except for
> sys_device_register() and sys_device_unregister().
> 
> This patch renames them so that the sys_ namespace is once
> again used only by syscalls.
> 
> Comments?

Ah, that makes sense.  I'll add it to my patches to send off once 2.6.3
is out.

thanks,

greg k-h