Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Two module-init- | From | Rusty Russell <> | Date | Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:24:25 +1100 |
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On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 23:28 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Friday 02 December 2005 23:19, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Thursday 01 December 2005 19:12, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > Meanwhile, as noone seems to use swbit in struct input_device_id, > > > perhaps we can remove it for 2.6.15? > > > > > > > Please take a look at drivers/input/keyboard/corgikbd.c > > > > What I meant we do use EV_SW in the drivers and so it sould be part > of input_device_id. Nobody uses ffbit or sndbit either and still > they are present...
Sure. BUT it will break current users. I'm suggesting we jerk that field out for 2.6.15, and reintroduce it for >= 2.6.16, when we can (1) ensure everyone has a fixed module-init tools, or (2) make sure everyone is using the module alias stuff, or both.
It seems the simplest solution, surely? Rusty. -- A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman
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