From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] net/bluetooth/: misc possible cleanups Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:45:43 +0000 Message-ID: <20041214094543.GA963@infradead.org> References: <20041214041352.GZ23151@stusta.de> <1103009649.2143.65.camel@pegasus> Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Adrian Bunk , Max Krasnyansky , bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Network Development Mailing List Return-path: To: Marcel Holtmann Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1103009649.2143.65.camel@pegasus> Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:34:08AM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > these functions must stay. They have users outside the mainline kernel > that are not merged back yet. Otherwise they won't be exported ;) But we traditionally don't keep APIs only for the sake of external modules. Exceptions are made if you have short- to mid-term plans to merge them. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/