Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface |
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On 05/28/2013 07:37 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > Eric, > > Should we schedule the removal of this interface after 1-2 releases > and give a warning once if anybody opens /dev/oldmem and tell them > to use /proc/vmcore instead? > > I am kind of inclined towards warning approarch. If there is any xyz > /dev/oldmem user in the wild out there, he/she atleast gets a chance to > migrate to /proc/vmcore. >
This has been discussed ad nauseam at the Kernel Summit. It doesn't work.
-hpa
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