Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc2] revert fs/char_dev.c CONFIG_BASE_FULL change

[Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>]

On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 10:06:53AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> I tracked down a regression in PCMCIA (and other software) to a
> new bogus register_chrdev() behavior that got merged last month;
> a patch from Matt Mackall that misbehaves.

Thanks and sorry about that. I actually asked Linus to revert it right
after Andrew pushed it to him, but I hadn't actually seen a problem
report so I didn't pursue it.
 
> This patch just reverts Matt's, restoring the previous behavior
> but at the cost of about a Kbyte of static memory on 32bit CPUs.
> Someday a Real Fix(tm) would be good.

I've got a Real Fix (a refactor of block and chardev name
registration), will need to wait for .12.

> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

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