Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Matthias Urlichs) | Subject | Re: PNP patch into kernel when? | Date | 5 Dec 1996 00:13:26 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <199612040106.UAA02260@aem.ott.hookup.net>, "Andrew E. Mileski" <aem@ott.hookup.net> writes: > > 3) __ALL__ references to the old API in the kernel will be removed, > and replaced with the equivalent request_hw_resource() or > release_hw_resource() calls. > > Note: The PnP kernel patch originally used this approach, so going > back to it is possible (it is a lot of work though, and a pain > to maintain in parallel to the kernel source). > > What does everyone think? > Go for it. It's sufficiently early in the 2.1 development effort that by the time it's time for 2.2, all these old drivers will have a chance to get updated.
IMHO, there's no reason to drag the old interface along.
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