Re: [RFC patch 2/3] remove pci_driver.owner and .name fields

Al Viro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:05:08PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> >         > -	.name		= "DAC960",
> >         > +	.driver = {
> >         > +		.name	= "DAC960",
> >         > +	},
> > 
> > This change looks like a (rather ugly) step backwards.  Maybe it would
> > be better to add the name as a parameter to pci_register_driver?
> 
> It looks stupid in the first place - what's wrong with
> 		.driver.name = "DAC960",
> instead of that mess?

gcc-2.95.x doesn't support that.
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