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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:57:52 +0200
From: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr>
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To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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       Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC patch 3/3] remove pci_driver.owner and .name fields
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Le 27.10.2005 00:26, Greg KH a ?crit :
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:22:27AM +0200, Laurent Riffard wrote:
> 
>>Le 26.10.2005 23:11, Greg KH a ?crit :
>>
>>>On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:48:05PM +0200, Laurent riffard wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is the final cleanup : deletion of pci_driver.name and .owner
>>>>happens now. 
>>>
>>>
>>>what?  Did you actually try to build a kernel with this patch applied?
>>
>>No, a bunch of patch #2-like have to be applied first.
>>
>>This third patch is to be applied after *all* the drivers are
>>converted to use the pci_driver.driver.{name|owner} fields.
>>
>>
>>>Sorry, but I think we have to wait a long time before this can be
>>>appliedr...
>>
>>Yes, I know. Is it worth to do it ?
> 
> 
> The .owner stuff, yes.  Do that first and then we can revisit the .name
> stuff and see if that is worth it or not.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Ok, I'll try to submit tomorrow such a patch.

thanks
-- 
laurent
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