Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++--
drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a7d9d17..147bb63 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ Who: Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---------------------------
----------------------------
-
What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4
When: May 2008
Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.
@@ -338,3 +336,15 @@ Why: The support code for the old firmware hurts
code readability/maintainabilit
and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware
are not provided by Broadcom anymore.
Who: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: ide-tape driver
+When: July 2008
+Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
+ reason is an effort no one wants to make.
+Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Borislav Petkov
+ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 2e6198f..86f206b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -3803,6 +3803,11 @@ static int ide_tape_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
g->fops = &idetape_block_ops;
ide_register_region(g);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "It is possible that this driver does not have any"
+ " users anymore and, as a result, it will be REMOVED soon."
+ " Please notify Bart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or Boris"
+ " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in case you still need it.\n");
+
return 0;
out_free_tape:
--
1.5.3.7
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