Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751006AbXAQWyQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:54:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751016AbXAQWyQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:54:16 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:57234 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006AbXAQWyP (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:54:15 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 74.109.98.130 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:48:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@CPE00045a9c397f-CM001225dbafb6 To: Linux kernel mailing list cc: Andrew Morton Subject: [PATCH] Add new categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2193 Lines: 61 Next to EXPERIMENTAL, add two new kernel config categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- speak now or forever ... too late. diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index a3f83e2..433dd30 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL , and in the kernel source). - This option will also make obsoleted drivers available. These are - drivers that have been replaced by something else, and/or are - scheduled to be removed in a future kernel release. + At the moment, this option also makes obsolete drivers available, + but such drivers really should be removed from the EXPERIMENTAL + category and added to either DEPRECATED or OBSOLETE, depending + on their status. Unless you intend to help test and develop a feature or driver that falls into this category, or you have a situation that requires @@ -40,6 +41,26 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase. +config DEPRECATED + bool "Prompt for deprecated code/drivers" + default y + ---help--- + Code that is tagged as "deprecated" is officially still available + for use but will typically have already been scheduled for removal + at some point, so it's in your best interests to start looking for + an alternative. + +config OBSOLETE + bool "Prompt for obsolete code/drivers" + default n + ---help--- + Code that is tagged as "obsolete" is officially no longer supported + and shouldn't play a part in any normal build, but those features + might still be available if you absolutely need access to them. + + You are *strongly* discouraged from continuing to depend on + obsolete code on an ongoing, long-term basis. + config BROKEN bool - 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/