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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:08:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] device_initialize()
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Patrick Mochel wrote:

> Overall, I agree with the concept of the patch. I wonder though if we 
> could do it without burdening all the callers of device_register() to 
> first call device_initialize(). Well, tastefully at least. 

I'd rather add device_add() and make device_register() call device_initialize()
followed by device_add()...

	BTW, my variant of the same beast is on
ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/viro/O/O142-device_add-C42
with uses in O14[3-6]* in the same place...

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