From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272554AbTG1BHb (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:07:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272548AbTG1ADi (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:03:38 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:31477 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272738AbTG0W6p (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:58:45 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 22:56:39 +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: <20030727205638.GD22218@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1059338443.13875.2.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 09:40:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 19:45, David D. Hagood wrote: > > I would disagree - OBSOLETE to me means just that - that module is > > obsolete. Minix FS, OSS (as opposed to ALSA), and the old non-SCSI, > > non-IDE HD interfaces would be OBSOLETE. > > > > Besides, I have seen cases where Firewire modules wouldn't build for > > some period of time - would you deem them OBSOLETE? > > The code in question is obsolete if it wont build because its out of date > with respect to the core. The point I was trying to make is we have a > definition (have had since 2.2) and actively use it. So there is nothing > to invent here 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? 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