Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161673AbXEAKQh (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 06:16:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161668AbXEAKQh (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 06:16:37 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:42064 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161673AbXEAKQf (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 06:16:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:12:36 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Robert P. J. Day" cc: Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: pcmcia ioctl removal In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20070430162007.ad46e153.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070501084623.GB14364@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1360 Lines: 53 On May 1 2007 05:16, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >on the other hand, the features removal file contains the following: > >... >What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) >When: November 2005 >... > >in other words, the PCMCIA ioctl feature *has* been listed as obsolete >for quite some time, and is already a *year and a half* overdue for >removal. > >in short, it's annoying to take the position that stuff can't be >deleted without warning, then turn around and be reluctant to remove >stuff for which *more than ample warning* has already been given. >doing that just makes a joke of the features removal file, and makes >you wonder what its purpose is in the first place. > >a little consistency would be nice here, don't you think? I think this could raise their attention... init/Makefile obj-y += obsolete.o init/obsolete.c: static __init int obsolete_init(void) { printk("\e[1;31m"" The following stuff is gonna get removed \e[5;37m SOON: \e[0m - cardmgr - foobar - bweebol "); schedule_timeout(3 * HZ); return; } static __exit void obsolete_exit(void) {} Jan -- - 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/