Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:30:11 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] more PCMCIA updates for 2.6.34 (including ioctl deprecation) |
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:59:44AM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > Please pull from that location insofar as you agree to continue with the > deprecation of the PCMCIA ioctl. Otherwise, I can prepare a branch > _without_ this controversial patch to pull from.
So you believe that disabling the button in the graphical environment to allow PCMCIA cards to be removed (such as CF cards) - leaving the user to merely pull out the CF card, while the FS is mounted, is a good idea?
Sounds to me like a data loss scenario.
User APIs changing always breaks stuff.
-- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of:
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