[U-Boot] [PATCH] lib/string: added strndup

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Grant Erickson,

In message <1324577816-26198-1-git-send-email-marathon96 at gmail.com> you wrote:
> This patch adds optional support for strndup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson <marathon96 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/string.h |    3 +++
>  lib/string.c           |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

What is this good for?  There are no users for this function (neither
in mainline nor in any of the patches you have submitted).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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