On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 08:27:12AM +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > > Can we rename/reuse existing flag variable? > > Sorry, but I can't resist the opportunity to say "Send a patch!" :) > > Seriously, though, I'd prefer not to. If we rename that acpi video flags > variable (I assume this is what you're thinking of), we only create cause for > confusion. A variable should for debugging or for controlling quirks, not for > both at the same time.
I agree. And video_flags is something totally different :-) I just used that one in my ad-hoc hack (which actually was only to illustrate the idea) because a) it was enough to show the intent and b) i did not know how to do it better ;-) -- Stefan Seyfried QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nürnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out." This footer brought to you by insane German lawmakers: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
