Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965383AbXBFTdL (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:33:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965381AbXBFTdK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:33:10 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:53493 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965383AbXBFTdJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:33:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:33:05 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons To: Richard Purdie cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-Input Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Schedule removal of compaq touchscreen emulation (tsdev.c) In-Reply-To: <1170780159.5826.71.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <1170780159.5826.71.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2145 Lines: 53 My old driver. Yes please kill it. Acked-By: James Simmons On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Richard Purdie wrote: > Schedule removal of Compaq touchscreen emulation (drivers/input/tsdev.c) > > Its old, was obsolete when it was written by the authors own admission > and much better userspace solutions like tslib now exist. The name is > also confusing. > > Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie > > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > Index: linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-02-06 09:40:43.000000000 +0000 > +++ linux/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2007-02-06 11:36:31.000000000 +0000 > @@ -325,3 +325,17 @@ Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded > Who: Jeff Garzik > > --------------------------- > + > +What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation > +When: Oct 2007 > +Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c > +Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001. > + tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and > + much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no > + longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to > + use tslib by now. > + The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have > + it loaded when they don't need/use it. > +Who: Richard Purdie > + > +--------------------------- > > > - > 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/ > - 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/