On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 19:32 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 02:49:00PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 00:02 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > This patch makes the needlessly global mtdpart_setup() static.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > --- linux-2.6.17-mm2-full/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.old 2006-06-26 23:18:39.000000000 +0200
> > > +++ linux-2.6.17-mm2-full/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c 2006-06-26 23:18:51.000000000 +0200
> > > @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
> > > *
> > > * This function needs to be visible for bootloaders.
> > > */
> > > -int mtdpart_setup(char *s)
> > > +static int mtdpart_setup(char *s)
> >
> > Patch lacks sufficient explanation. Explain the relevance of the comment
> > immediately above the function declaration, in the context of your
> > patch. Explain your decision to change the behaviour, but not change the
> > comment itself.
>
> My explanation regarding the relevance of the comment is that it seems
> to be nonsense.
>
> Do I miss something, or why and how should a bootloader access
> in-kernel functions?
I'm not entirely sure, but allegedly it does -- Juha, can you elaborate?
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dwmw2
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