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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 01:01:01 +0100 (CET)
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Restore module support.
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Hi,

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg KH wrote:

> But what are the modutils numbers? :)

There should be no real difference as I'd like to integrate Kai's patch too.

> Come on, what Rusty did was the "right thing to do" and has made life
> easier for all of the arch maintainers (or so says the ones that I've
> talked to), and has made my life easier with regards to
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() logic, which will enable the /sbin/hotplug
> scripts/binary to shrink a _lot_.

What was the "right thing to do"?
There were certainly a few interesting changes, but I'd like discuss them 
first. For example there is more than one solution to improve the 
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() logic (*), so how is Rusty's better?

bye, Roman

(*) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104405265719327&w=2
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104437966220610&w=2

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