Re: [patch] Name-clash between paride & hamradio

From: David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 21:09:38 EDT

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    On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:

    >
    >
    > On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, David Weinehall wrote:
    > >
    > > This patches changes the names of the init-functions for the
    > > hamradio-drivers pt.c and pi2.c. None of the new names are used anywhere
    > > else in the kernel.
    >
    > Patch applied, but I also wonder why these things are global names anyway?
    > Why not just change them to be static?

    Beats the hell out of me, but as I attributed to some rational decision
    what I didn't want to attribute to stupidity, I decided this patch was
    the sanest... Maintainers of Hamradio (and ParIDE), feel free to comment.

    /David
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