Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753850AbXL0Uyf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:54:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752245AbXL0UyY (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:54:24 -0500 Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.134.191]:54780 "EHLO mu-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752113AbXL0UyX (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:54:23 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PCD0B9B4lM51rhH6j1ixxN2BJNWUUmrOjN5/fzfIsa+Bj5jyjOT/CYKRLrrFLpfV6M3oAWV9riMxizx/rUACpIRFdkvJ51nNcLWR//bmEn3r28MwfDrWZEgCVGb8QZr6yRHEUkO0sVrnqLS+/Sir2v2bBwLsXyXP6u4kslTm0oc= Message-ID: <477410F9.5030903@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:54:17 +0100 From: Jiri Slaby User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: Michael Tokarev , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mxser, remove it References: <1198762722-3222-1-git-send-email-jirislaby@gmail.com> <4773C283.5070408@msgid.tls.msk.ru> <20071227172101.GA18199@does.not.exist> In-Reply-To: <20071227172101.GA18199@does.not.exist> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1515 Lines: 34 On 12/27/2007 06:21 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 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. Makes sense, if no other suggestions, I will post v2 tomorrow. thanks, --js -- 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/