Re: linux-2.4.18-modified-scsi-h.patch

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 13:47:34 EST


Patrick Mansfield wrote:

> I don't see why we need the #define, or is that another patch?

The define exists for the same reason that HAVE_xxx exists in
include/linux/netdevice.h and other headers: a feature test macro, so
code using this pointer can detect its presence or absence. The world
of drivers is not all in the kernel tarball, ya know ;-)

But as I said, the macro is misnamed, it should be
HAVE_UPPER_PRIVATE_DATA or similar.

        Jeff

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