Re: Update to orinoco driver (2.4)

David Gibson (hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au)
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:30:39 +1000


On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 06:22:40AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 10:30:18AM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:37:06PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > +static void __exit exit_hermes(void)
> > > > +{
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > module_init(init_hermes);
> > > > +module_exit(exit_hermes);
> > >
> > > Please don't add exmpty functions without a reak good reason.
> >
> > And the real good reason would be that the module can't be unloaded
> > without an exit function.
>
> That braindamage fortunately is not true for 2.4 and still needs
> fixing for 2.5.

Removing one empty function is insufficient cause for me to maintain
separate 2.4 and 2.5 versions. When and if this changes in 2.5, I'll
remove the function.

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				| wrong.
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