Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 May 1999 18:31:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: serial callout devices |
| |
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:32:47 +0200 From: Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
i am currently starting to write a serial multiboard driver for the Aurora Aries 8000P/16000P cards. I am wondering if the callout devices are still in use because i remember that they are obsolete since the 2.0 times. If i am correct do i have to implement them ?
The kernel has started warning people that the cua devices are obsolete as of the 2.2 kernel. Unfortunately not all of the distributions (and have been appropriately chastised on another list for not knowing that Debian *has* phased out use of the cua devices) have made the cua devices go away in their latest 2.2-kernel based distributions. This is unfortunate, since a large number of users may still expect that they be there. So whether you feel the need to support it is up to you, and depends on who your user/customer base is.
- Ted
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |