Re: kobject events questions

[Teras Timo (EXT-YomiGroup/Helsinki)]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 09:47:50AM -0700, ext Greg KH wrote:
> > I'm just a bit dubious about adding new signals since they are hardcoded 
> > in the kernel. It's a time consuming process to add new signals (either 
> > for development build or for official kernels). This is one of the 
> > reasons I liked more about the original kevent patch. Wouldn't simple 
> > #defines have been enough for signal names?
> 
> What's the difference between a #define and a enum?  We want these to be
> well known, and correct.  A enum gives us that.

I was a bit ambiguous. I meant #defines with string literals. That would
have assured correct signal names. I guess to have them all well known
justifies for enums (even though it makes adding new ones a bit more
difficult).

Thanks,
  Timo
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