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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] enic: add main file with module infrastructure, etc
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:02 -0700
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 > > LLTX is kind of deprecated for new drivers.  Would be nice to avoid this.
 > 
 > What does kind of deprecated mean?  Is there a performance or
 > maintanance issue with LLTX?

maintenance -- the goal is to remove LLTX entirely, and adding new
drivers that use it is a step in the wrong direction.

 - R.