* ron minnich rminnich@gmail.com [070826 05:31]:
Hm, good question. In general I think the inline is not really needed. Do you think this might be important for the time-critical parts in flashrom? Could be, but I doubt this code is _that_ time-critical.
inline is really getting over-used nowadays. I doubt we need it here.
In fact, if the compiler sees fit, it will inline without an additional keyword. Otoh, the inline keyword does not guarantee you at all that anything is inlined.
Stefan