Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > the removal entry is/was for the symbols *marked*, not for the > infrastructure ah, gotcha. so the infrastructure itself is still useful from time to time, then. ok. rday --

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently,

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > ... > > it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition > > aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which > > might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of > >

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Stefan Richter wrote: > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > ... > > > it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition > > > aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which > > > might be used at any time. currently,

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... > it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition > aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which > might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of > EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the tree. so does

does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
just curious -- under kernel hacking, there is the option UNUSED_SYMBOLS to "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" using EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL]. reads the help text (in part): "This option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case some external kernel module needs

does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
just curious -- under kernel hacking, there is the option UNUSED_SYMBOLS to Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols using EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL]. reads the help text (in part): This option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case some external kernel module needs one

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the tree. so does that

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Arjan van de Ven
Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently,

Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

2007-07-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote: the removal entry is/was for the symbols *marked*, not for the infrastructure ah, gotcha. so the infrastructure itself is still useful from time to time, then. ok. rday --