Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:18:35 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: Is platform_device_register_simple() deprecated? |
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 07:50:37PM +0200, Rene Herman wrote: > Hi Greg, Russel, Dmitry. > > ALSA is using platform_device_register_simple(). Jean Delvare pointed: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113398060508534&w=2 > > out, where _simple looks to be slated for removal. Is this indeed the > case? ALSA isn't using the resources -- doing a manual alloc/add would > not be a problem...
It would be good to remove the old (restricted) API - I'm of the opinion that having too many interfaces just adds extra maintainence burden, so we should strive to ensure that old APIs are deprecated and removed in a timely fashion.
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