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SubjectRe: [patch] RFC: Namespace-collision between SIM710 and 53C7,8XX
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 kernel@kvack.org wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The SIM710 and 53C7,8XX scsi-drivers have a very bad case of
> > namespace-collision. The following patch at least lets the drivers
> > compile, but the change is rather big to do without someone testing it.
> > Could you (anyone?) give feedback on the patch below?
> > (patch against 2.3.22)
>
> How about making use of static variables instead? Renaming the variables
> makes it possible that the problem will crop up again in the future. Most
> drivers are fairly well contained, so it shouldn't be much more difficult.

I have looked at that, and SCSI scripts don't seem to be that good a
candidate for using static....

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven


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