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SubjectRe: linux-2.4.18-modified-scsi-h.patch
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> 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

Hey Jeff!

Works for me, has each HBA has the need to reserve local structs and not
pollute the basic kernel w/ bloat!

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick, CTO & Founder
iSCSI Software Solutions Provider
http://www.PyXTechnologies.com/

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