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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:12:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/main.c/root_dev_names - another one #ifdef
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> It took that out deliberately a few months back. The ifdefs in fact
> break stuff
>
> Firstly the array is __init so is discarded on boot

I think that array really is broken. We should get the name association
from the array that "register_blkdev()" maintains, I'm sure. That way
random stupid driver X doesn't need to touch a common init/main.c file,
which I find personally offensive.

		Linus

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