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Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4.16 for pointers to __devexit functions 
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davem@redhat.com said:
> >    Why not __attribute__((weak)) ?
> This doesn't work on all platforms unfortunately :( 

Doesn't work at all, or just doesn't work with the (current) minimum
recommended compiler? We have to increase those minima at some point. 

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