From: Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <cbou@mail.ru>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <kernel-discuss@handhelds.org>
Subject: Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [PATCH 1/8] remove "#if 0" from find_bus function, export it.
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:18:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <485866756.20070504141858@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070503231459.GB13626@suse.de>
Hello Greg,
Friday, May 4, 2007, 2:14:59 AM, you wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 01:31:21AM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>> This function were placed in "#if 0" because nobody was using it.
>> We using it now.
> Why? Shouldn't you just export the pointer you need instead?
>> See http://lwn.net/Articles/210610/
> I don't understand the need for this link, it talks about how the api
> changes all the time, something we all know :)
No, it talked about how complete APIs regress into random
set of functions, lacking complete coverage of target domain. The
response was that when users for the specific function in question
will be in mainline, it will be resurrected. So, here it comes ;-)
> And if you really want it, and you convince me you really need it, can
> you change it to be "bus_find" to play nicer in the namespace?
> thanks,
> greg k-h
--
Best regards,
Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-04 11:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-03 21:31 [PATCH 1/8] remove "#if 0" from find_bus function, export it Anton Vorontsov
2007-05-03 23:14 ` Greg KH
2007-05-04 0:21 ` Anton Vorontsov
2007-05-04 11:18 ` Paul Sokolovsky [this message]
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