Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:28:32 +0200 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | [Patch 1/3] Immediatly deprecate blkmtd |
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Deprecate blkmtd. Reasoning is described in the patch itself.
Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> ---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
--- blkmtd/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~blkmtd_deprecation 2006-04-04 10:55:42.000000000 +0200 +++ blkmtd/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-04-04 11:03:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -246,3 +246,17 @@ Why: The interface no longer has any cal Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> --------------------------- + +What: blkmtd +When: April 2006 +Files: drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c +Why: o An alternative exists that hasn't had bug report for > 1 year. + o Most embedded people tend to use ancient kernels with custom patches + from mtd cvs and elsewhere, so the 1 year warning period neither + helps nor hurts them too much. + o It's in the way of klibc. The problems caused by pulling blkmtd + support are fairly low, while the problems caused by delaying klibc + can be fairly substantial. At best, this would be a severe burden + on hpa's time. + +Who: Joern Engel <joern@wh.fh-wedel.de> - 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/
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