Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 May 2007 12:12:36 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: pcmcia ioctl removal |
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On May 1 2007 05:16, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >on the other hand, the features removal file contains the following: > >... >What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) >When: November 2005 >... > >in other words, the PCMCIA ioctl feature *has* been listed as obsolete >for quite some time, and is already a *year and a half* overdue for >removal. > >in short, it's annoying to take the position that stuff can't be >deleted without warning, then turn around and be reluctant to remove >stuff for which *more than ample warning* has already been given. >doing that just makes a joke of the features removal file, and makes >you wonder what its purpose is in the first place. > >a little consistency would be nice here, don't you think?
I think this could raise their attention...
init/Makefile obj-y += obsolete.o
init/obsolete.c: static __init int obsolete_init(void) { printk("\e[1;31m""
The following stuff is gonna get removed \e[5;37m SOON: \e[0m - cardmgr - foobar - bweebol
"); schedule_timeout(3 * HZ); return; }
static __exit void obsolete_exit(void) {}
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