Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Florian Tobias Schandinat <> | Subject | [PATCH 1/5] viafb: deprecate private ioctls | Date | Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:16:45 +0000 |
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viafb: deprecate private ioctls
This patch prints a warning when viafb ioctls are called. Those should not be used as their exact meaning is sometimes unknown and they in parts duplicate functionality present in the framebuffer interface. There is no known user of these ioctls.
Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> --- drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c index d8df17a..ce07b5e 100644 --- a/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c +++ b/drivers/video/via/viafbdev.c @@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static int viafb_ioctl(struct fb_info *info, u_int cmd, u_long arg) u32 gpu32; DEBUG_MSG(KERN_INFO "viafb_ioctl: 0x%X !!\n", cmd); + printk(KERN_WARNING "viafb_ioctl: Please avoid this interface as it is unstable and might change or vanish at any time!\n"); memset(&u, 0, sizeof(u)); switch (cmd) { -- 1.6.3.2
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