Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756926AbXEINBr (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2007 09:01:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755625AbXEINBk (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2007 09:01:40 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:53286 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753607AbXEINBi (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2007 09:01:38 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 99.246.112.70 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Pavel Machek 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: <20070509125415.GA4720@ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20070430162007.ad46e153.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070501084623.GB14364@infradead.org> <20070509125415.GA4720@ucw.cz> 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=-36.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00) 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: 1284 Lines: 38 On Wed, 9 May 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > pcmcia-delete-obsolete-pcmcia_ioctl-feature.patch > > > > ... > > > > > Dominik is busy. Will probably re-review and send these direct to Linus. > > > > The patch above is the removal of cardmgr support. While I'd love > > to see this cruft gone it definitively needs maintainer judgement > > on whether they time has come that no one relies on cardmgr > > anymore. > > I remember needing cardmgr few months ago on sa-1100 arm system. I'm > not sure this is obsolete-enough to kill. in that case, someone really should update feature-removal-schedule.txt, which currently reads: What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - 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/