Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:37:33 +0100 (CET)
From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
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       linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: avoid sparse warning in HID_COMPAT_LOAD_DRIVER
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> > But, don't ask my why the void functions with empty function bodies 
> > are exported.
> Because of autoload to create a dependency. Note that this is a temporary
> solution to workaround the non-presence of hid bus in module-init-tools and will
> be removed in next few releases.

BTW while we are at it -- what is the status with module-init-tools? Has 
the support been merged already?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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