Re: Patch-2.1.106ac2-3

grant@torque.net
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:23:08 -0400 (EDT)

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> > I also noticed that a _lot_ of drivers have a "version" string, which could
> > probably be turned to __initdata. I wonder why this is not done. Is it a
> > copyright problem (this info must stay in the binary), or what ?
>
> Because nobody has done them basically. All the 106pre3 ones are obvious
> but until Matthias Hanisch sent me a diff for them hadn't been done by
> anyone

It's not always obvious what's right, though. A couple of my drivers
were completely broken for several months because someone stuck in
__initdata in places where it did not belong.

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