Re: [2.6 patch] kill drive_info
From: Adrian Bunk (bunk_at_fs.tum.de)
Date: 07/15/04
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 04:59:48 +0200 To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:01:59AM +0200, Andries Brouwer wrote:
>...
> > - drive_info = DRIVE_INFO;
>
> Hmm. setup.c copies this info from where it was left after booting
> to some safe place. You seem to think that this saving is not required.
> Is it not?
- boot_params is __initdata
- hd_init in legacy/hd.c is __init
- legacy/hd.c can't be built modular
Did I miss something?
The situation is different in 2.4 where the new (possibly modular) IDE
driver also uses drive_info .
> Andries
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Adrian
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