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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:25:58 +0100
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Subject: Re: 2.4.2-pre3 compile error in 6pack.c
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> 
> printk a message and fail the call.  Don't panic.
> 

Perhaps add a compile time warning, similar to __bad_udelay();

The BUG is a bad idea.

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	Manfred
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