Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753075AbXEDLTB (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 07:19:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753250AbXEDLTB (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 07:19:01 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.235]:46494 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753075AbXEDLTA (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2007 07:19:00 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:x-priority:message-id:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uCvGnClgthFgOK7DPjtxM0p5IKTbM5qejK55g9R6xeP2+0C+lDqujwycRva/okyS9wZqevSuVNKoCYtLJF8r4iew4iNb6KScz/bjbDb3wYU0cSc9SVj9mYijQJheejRjNWJFxoGcgitPQtJjIilIIH2BBV7ZufbAcgnVXR1LnC4= Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:18:58 +0300 From: Paul Sokolovsky X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <485866756.20070504141858@gmail.com> To: Greg KH CC: Anton Vorontsov , David Woodhouse , , Subject: Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [PATCH 1/8] remove "#if 0" from find_bus function, export it. In-Reply-To: <20070503231459.GB13626@suse.de> References: <20070503213121.GA20067@zarina> <20070503231459.GB13626@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1193 Lines: 37 Hello Greg, Friday, May 4, 2007, 2:14:59 AM, you wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 01:31:21AM +0400, Anton Vorontsov wrote: >> This function were placed in "#if 0" because nobody was using it. >> We using it now. > Why? Shouldn't you just export the pointer you need instead? >> See http://lwn.net/Articles/210610/ > I don't understand the need for this link, it talks about how the api > changes all the time, something we all know :) No, it talked about how complete APIs regress into random set of functions, lacking complete coverage of target domain. The response was that when users for the specific function in question will be in mainline, it will be resurrected. So, here it comes ;-) > And if you really want it, and you convince me you really need it, can > you change it to be "bus_find" to play nicer in the namespace? > thanks, > greg k-h -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/