Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757519AbZGCCR6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:17:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756238AbZGCCRs (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:17:48 -0400 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:41769 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757325AbZGCCRr (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:17:47 -0400 Subject: Reminder for feature Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports removal date before 2.6.19 Nov 2006 From: Jaswinder Singh Rajput To: Arjan van de Ven , LKML Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:33:43 +0530 Message-Id: <1246586623.2530.6.camel@jaswinder.satnam> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 (2.26.1-2.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 25 Hello Arjan, What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports (temporary transition config option provided until then) The transition config option will also be removed at the same time. When: before 2.6.19 Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary and are often a sign of "wrong API" Who: Arjan van de Ven If you are facing any issue regarding feature removal kindly update the "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt" like what you are waiting for. Thanks, -- JSR http://userweb.kernel.org/~jaswinder/ -- 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/