> "struct pci_dev" contains the name of the PCI device ("dev->name",
> surprise, surprise), and it has been copied there from __initdata
> information that is discarded after bootup so that we don't waste
> run-time memory on keeping all the PCI names around when they
> aren't needed (ie only the devices that were found have the name).
How will this work with hotplug PCI? Will we not then need to keep
the whole table around?
-cw
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