Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935500AbXK3R2a (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:28:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932633AbXK3R2O (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:28:14 -0500 Received: from smtpq2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl ([213.51.146.201]:43598 "EHLO smtpq2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763144AbXK3R2N (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:28:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4750480B.9010909@keyaccess.nl> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:27:39 +0100 From: Rene Herman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: trenn@suse.de CC: Shaohua Li , Dave Young , lenb@kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Zhao Yakui , Bjorn Helgaas , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set pnp_init_resource_table, pnp_resource_change, pnp_manual_config_dev deprecated References: <474F72E3.4040608@keyaccess.nl> <1196389939.7234.1.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> <1196417657.23251.293.camel@queen.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <1196417657.23251.293.camel@queen.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1070 Lines: 26 On 30-11-07 11:14, Thomas Renninger wrote: > This should be 2.6.24 material: > > Mark pnp_init_resource_table, pnp_resource_change, pnp_manual_config_dev deprecated > > Thanks to Rene Herman, the remaining calls to those functions got eliminated > in the sound/isa layer recently. > Those functions are a workaround for wrong BIOS pnp information and give > drivers the possibility to override BIOS exported PNP resources. > This can be done through sysfs since 2.6, therefore these functions should > vanish rather soon, as dynamic allocation for PNP resources is depending > on it. I'll withhold an ack on this for now. The ALSA side patch has hit the ALSA repositories but wouldn't seem likely to end up in 2.6.24 at this point in the development cycle. Can't have it deprecated with ALSA still using them... Rene. - 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/