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SubjectRe: [PATCH] input: Schedule removal of compaq touchscreen emulation (tsdev.c)
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:42:39 +0000 Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> wrote:

> ---------------------------
> +
> +What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation
> +When: Oct 2007
> +Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c
> +Why: The code says it was obsolete when it was written in 2001.
> + tslib is a userspace library which does anything tsdev can do and
> + much more besides in userspace where this code belongs. There is no
> + longer any need for tsdev and applications should have converted to
> + use tslib by now.
> + The name "tsdev" is also extremely confusing and lots of people have
> + it loaded when they don't need/use it.
> +Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>

I think it best to add a printk to the driver's initialisation routine warning
any remaining users that it is going away.
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