Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:48:33 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | [PATCH] Add new categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE. |
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Next to EXPERIMENTAL, add two new kernel config categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
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speak now or forever ... too late.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index a3f83e2..433dd30 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL <file:Documentation/BUG-HUNTING>, and <file:Documentation/oops-tracing.txt> in the kernel source).
- This option will also make obsoleted drivers available. These are - drivers that have been replaced by something else, and/or are - scheduled to be removed in a future kernel release. + At the moment, this option also makes obsolete drivers available, + but such drivers really should be removed from the EXPERIMENTAL + category and added to either DEPRECATED or OBSOLETE, depending + on their status.
Unless you intend to help test and develop a feature or driver that falls into this category, or you have a situation that requires @@ -40,6 +41,26 @@ config EXPERIMENTAL you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase.
+config DEPRECATED + bool "Prompt for deprecated code/drivers" + default y + ---help--- + Code that is tagged as "deprecated" is officially still available + for use but will typically have already been scheduled for removal + at some point, so it's in your best interests to start looking for + an alternative. + +config OBSOLETE + bool "Prompt for obsolete code/drivers" + default n + ---help--- + Code that is tagged as "obsolete" is officially no longer supported + and shouldn't play a part in any normal build, but those features + might still be available if you absolutely need access to them. + + You are *strongly* discouraged from continuing to depend on + obsolete code on an ongoing, long-term basis. + config BROKEN bool
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