Re: the __ namespace in the kernel

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

On Thu Apr 02 2009 at 10:44:56 +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 09:44:56AM +1100, matthew green wrote:
> > 
> >    >__wdccommand_done
> >    >__wdccommand_done_end
> >    >__wdccommand_intr
> >    >__wdccommand_kill_xfer
> >    >__wdccommand_start
> >    >__wdcerror
> >    >__wdcwait
> >    >__wdcwait_reset
> >    >__wdstart
> > 
> > these seem all wdc driver private, i don't see why they can't
> > just all be renamed.
> 
> It is; that's why I did prefix them with __ in the first place. They're
> all declared static, why would it cause namespace issues ?

You're right, I was reading nm output incorrectly.  (well, apart from
__wdstart, which is global)

Anyway, I'll get to renaming the handful of symbols listed in the first
mail RSN, maybe already in September.