* what's the point behind "new_valid_dev" always returning 1?
@ 2010-07-08 20:29 Robert P. J. Day
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From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2010-07-08 20:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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from include/liunx/kdev_t.h:
static inline int new_valid_dev(dev_t dev)
{
return 1;
}
is there some point to a test function that simply returns
hard-coded true, and has been around since 2005? just curious.
rday
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