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kaos@ocs.com.au said:
>  Does anything still use this symbol or is it dead?  Quite valid
> question. 

Indeed. 

>  The script is NOT an automatic list of what can be cleaned up.  I
> doubt that such a list can be generated in the face of the kernel
> config system and third party modules.  It is only a starting point
> for symbols that need reviewing.

OK, cool. As it came out of the discussion about -ffunction-sections and
automatically garbage-collecting unused functions during the build, I
thought you had other, less sane intentions. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

--
dwmw2


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