Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932475AbVJSC3B (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:29:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932483AbVJSC3A (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:29:00 -0400 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:27293 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932475AbVJSC27 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:28:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4355AF67.8010604@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:28:55 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@osdl.org, mlindner@syskonnect.de, rroesler@syskonnect.de Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.14-rc4 0/3] sk98lin: neuter and prepare for removal References: <10182005213059.12304@bilbo.tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <10182005213059.12304@bilbo.tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 26 John W. Linville wrote: > These patches take steps towards removing sk98lin from the upstream > kernel. > > -- Remove sk98lin's MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to avoid > confusing userland tools about which driver to load; > > -- Mark sk98lin as Obsolete in the MAINTAINERS file; and, > > -- Add sk98lin to the feature-removal-schedule.txt file in the > Documentation directory. > > I accept the possibility that I may be jumping the gun on this. > However, I think it is worth opening this discussion. I'll let Stephen make the call on this one (as he did...). Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/