Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751050AbXAQW5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:57:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751087AbXAQW5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:57:33 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:58003 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751061AbXAQW5c (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:57:32 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 74.109.98.130 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:51:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@CPE00045a9c397f-CM001225dbafb6 To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: "obsolete" versus "deprecated", and a new config option? In-Reply-To: <200701172254.l0HMsDMK022934@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <200701172154.l0HLs3BM021024@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <200701172254.l0HMsDMK022934@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> 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: 860 Lines: 23 On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:04:20 EST, "Robert P. J. Day" said: > > > > How much of the 'OBSOLETE' code should just be labelled 'BROKEN' > > > instead? > > > > the stuff that's actually "broken." :-) > > Right - the question is how much code qualifies as either/both, and > which we should use when we encounter the random driver that's both > obsolete *and* broken... that's entirely a judgment call on the part of the code's maintainer. if something is both obsolete and broken, then make it depend on *both* OBSOLETE and BROKEN if you want. no big deal. rday - 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/