From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932099AbWA3A7c (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:59:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932100AbWA3A7c (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:59:32 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:64005 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932099AbWA3A7b (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:59:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:59:30 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm4 Message-ID: <20060130005930.GE3777@stusta.de> References: <20060129144533.128af741.akpm@osdl.org> <20060129233403.GA3777@stusta.de> <20060129154002.360c7294.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060129235853.GD3777@stusta.de> <20060129165123.58b62b36.rdunlap@xenotime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060129165123.58b62b36.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 04:51:23PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:58:53 +0100 Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > If we want to get rid of a long deprecated API (as in the > > virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt case), adding warnings could help making > > maintainers aware of the fact that the API is deprecated. > > I seriously expect that the maintainers are already aware > of that. It's not new(s). >... Looking at which drivers still use this API, I'm seeing some drivers with active maintainers still using this API. And for others, warnings might increase the probability of someone fixing them for getting rid of the warnings... > ~Randy 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