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Subject: Re: (patch-2.4.6) Fix oops with Iomega Clik! (ide-floppy) 
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cw@f00f.org said:
>  If it changes vmlinux by a single byte, I might agree.... all it does
> is close off and older depricated API.

Why is the sane API deprecated in favour of the implementation-specific one?

If we must standardise on a single header file to include, surely we should
do it the other way round?

Index: include/linux/slab.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /inst/cvs/linux/include/linux/slab.h,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.12
diff -u -r1.1.1.1.2.12 slab.h
--- include/linux/slab.h	2001/06/08 22:41:51	1.1.1.1.2.12
+++ include/linux/slab.h	2001/07/14 18:08:37
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
  * (markhe@nextd.demon.co.uk)
  */
 
+#ifndef _LINUX_MALLOC_H
+#warning Please do not include linux/slab.h directly, use linux/malloc.h instead.
+#endif
+
 #if	!defined(_LINUX_SLAB_H)
 #define	_LINUX_SLAB_H
 


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