From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271920AbTG2TdS (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:33:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271922AbTG2TdS (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:33:18 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:48876 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S271920AbTG2TdQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:33:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:33:09 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Alan Cox Cc: "David D. Hagood" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: time for some drivers to be removed? Message-ID: <20030729193309.GQ28767@fs.tum.de> References: <20030727153118.GP22218@fs.tum.de> <3F23F6EB.7070502@sktc.net> <1059324018.13442.0.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3F241DC0.7080408@sktc.net> <1059338443.13875.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030727205638.GD22218@fs.tum.de> <1059339370.13871.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1059339370.13871.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 09:56:11PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 21:56, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > That's no problem for me. > > > > The only question is how to call the option that allows building only on > > UP (e.g. cli/sti usage in the driver)? My suggestion was BROKEN_ON_SMP, > > would you suggest OBSOLETE_ON_SMP? > > Interesting question - whatever I guess. We don't have an existing convention. > How many drivers have we got nowdays that failing on just SMP ? I 2.6.0-test2 tested on i386 with a .config that is without support for modules and compiles as much as possible statically into the kernel. Without claiming completeness, I found this way besides the complete Old ISDN4Linux subsystem 36 drivers that compile due to cli/sti issues only on UP. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed