Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753511AbXL0Rut (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:50:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752068AbXL0Rul (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:50:41 -0500 Received: from smtp4.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.38]:44672 "EHLO smtp4.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752113AbXL0Ruk (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:50:40 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1773 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:50:40 EST Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:21:02 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Michael Tokarev Cc: Jiri Slaby , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mxser, remove it Message-ID: <20071227172101.GA18199@does.not.exist> References: <1198762722-3222-1-git-send-email-jirislaby@gmail.com> <4773C283.5070408@msgid.tls.msk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4773C283.5070408@msgid.tls.msk.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1649 Lines: 42 On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 06:19:31PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Jiri Slaby wrote: > > (Old) mxser is obsoleted by mxser_new and scheduled for removal on Dec 2007. > > Remove it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby > > --- > > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 - > > drivers/char/Kconfig | 11 - > > drivers/char/Makefile | 1 - > > drivers/char/mxser.c | 3141 ---------------------------- > > drivers/char/mxser.h | 441 ---- > > 5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3602 deletions(-) > > delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.c > > delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.h > > While we're at it, how about adding a modalias for mxser_new > module with old (being removed) name, so that users who're > using the old module will not scream? I mean, in order for > `modprobe mxser' to load mxser_new module. It might even make sense to rename the mxser_new module to mxser and do it the other way round - it's e.g. not clear whether a _new driver is for new hardware or a new driver for old hardware. > /mjt cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/