Re: [PATCH 4/5] W1: Export w1_read_8 function

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 16:45:59 EST


On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:55:25 +0530
"Gadiyar, Anand" <gadiyar@xxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Madhusudhan Chikkature <madhu.cr@xxxxxx>
>
> This patch exports the w1_read_8 function for use of drivers.
>

The changelog should explain why the export is needed (eg: "used by the
foobar driver").

If, as I assume, this symbol is used by the HDQ driver then this patch
should be staged _ahead_ of those patches to avoid breaking
bisectability, and because that's generally a saner ordering.


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