Re: [Patch] Cleanup struct gendisk registration, 2.3.40-pre1

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 20:45:33 EST

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On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Alexander Viro wrote:
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> Linus, is there any reason to have separate blk_dev_init()?

Entirely due to historical reasons, and I agree with you - you might as
well get rid of it, as it doesn't work with modules.

There _are_ ordering issues, but none that I can imagine being
really relevant.

Linus

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