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Re: [PATCH] ibmtr init section usage

To: Mike_Phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibmtr init section usage
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:01:54 -0800
Cc: jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <OF771FE017.1DA04DD7-ON85256E51.0050720A-85256E51.00508E13@urscorp.com>
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:39:52 -0500 Mike_Phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

| 
| >probe functions can be __devinit.
| 
| > Patch is to 2.6.4-rc2.  Please apply.
| 
| Will this blow up the pcmcia ibmtr_cs. It links in ibmtr and uses the probe
| functions.

Should be OK.  See:

#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
#define __devinit
#define __devinitdata
#define __devexit
#define __devexitdata
#else
#define __devinit __init
#define __devinitdata __initdata
#define __devexit __exit
#define __devexitdata __exitdata
#endif


and PCMCIA/CardBus depends on HOTPLUG being enabled.

--
~Randy

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