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On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Alan Cox wrote:

> > if you don't agree with that patch, fine.  but suggesting that it's
> > going to result in "a mass of unresolvable dependancy loops" is sheer
> > laziness.
>
> No its "sheer experience", frequently painful. The tty headers and
> the scheduler headers are particularly problematic for getting
> tangled.

ok, i'll defer to your experience.  but can we at least apply my patch
to protect console_struct.h from multiple inclusion?  that one really
*is* annoying.

rday
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