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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:36:46 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr>
To: SJ <sandejain@rocketmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>,
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Subject: Re: Device driver questions
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[ Removed -questions from Cc: - do we have to cross post? ]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:38:00AM -0700, SJ wrote:
> --- Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > 3. File naming question:
> > >    whats the reasoning behind having "bus.h" and 
> > >    "bus_private.h"....whats the significance of 
> > >    "private" here.
> > 
> > drivers include bus.h, kernel does also include
> > bus_private.h
> 
> But still the name "private" confuses me...according
> to me it should have been "bus_public.c". Any comments?

If its the name that bothers you, then think of it as:

. bus.h is a file used by everyone
. bus_private.h is a file that is `private' to the kernel

--giorgos


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