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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:50:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@pyxtechnologies.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: linux-2.4.18-modified-scsi-h.patch
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Patrick Mansfield wrote:
> 
> > I don't see why we need the #define, or is that another patch?
> 
> 
> 
> The define exists for the same reason that HAVE_xxx exists in 
> include/linux/netdevice.h and other headers:  a feature test macro, so 
> code using this pointer can detect its presence or absence.  The world 
> of drivers is not all in the kernel tarball, ya know ;-)
> 
> But as I said, the macro is misnamed, it should be 
> HAVE_UPPER_PRIVATE_DATA or similar.
> 
> 	Jeff

Hey Jeff!

Works for me, has each HBA has the need to reserve local structs and not
pollute the basic kernel w/ bloat!

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick, CTO & Founder 
iSCSI Software Solutions Provider
http://www.PyXTechnologies.com/

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