Re: 2.6.16-mm2

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:42:46 +0100

+make-tty_insert_flip_char-a-non-gpl-export.patch

the argumentation is wrong. the previous code beein inline made drivers
using it even more of a derived work than a _GPL export.

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