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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: PATCH drivers:net:cris/eth_v10: alternate string char arrary
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Karim Eshapa <karim.eshapa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:49:39 +0200

> static char pointer creates two variables in final assembly.
> static string and pointer to it according to
> Jeff Garzik janitors TODO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karim Eshapa <karim.eshapa@gmail.com>

Instead of trusting some document written more than 10 years ago on
the internet, why don't you build the source file in question and take
a look at what actually happens?

I'm not applying this, sorry.