From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:52:20 +0200

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>> > What is ugly about it. Do you have any other recommendation on how let
>> > userspace know what type of Ethernet device it is?
>> 
>> Well, for one thing, you're wasting 48 bytes on 64-bit when all you're
>> really intrested in is one string.
> 
> the integration with struct device has plenty of other advantages

Ok, this I agree with.
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