On 15-02-08 00:20, David Newall wrote:
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most
of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most
>> of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
>> can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
>> contentious to let the hardware (or
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:24:43AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most of
> >it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I can't
> >see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most of
it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I can't
see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
contentious to let the hardware (or users) die of natural causes if
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
Ping?
What: sk98lin network driver
When: Feburary 2008
Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
replaced by the skge driver.
Who:Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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We have been over this
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:24:43AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most of
it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I can't
see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
Ping?
What: sk98lin network driver
When: Feburary 2008
Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
replaced by the skge driver.
Who:Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
We have been over this
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most of
it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I can't
see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
contentious to let the hardware (or users) die of natural causes if
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most
of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
contentious to let the hardware (or users)
On 15-02-08 00:20, David Newall wrote:
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Note that because the hardware is old, it's highly likely that most
of it will be retired before that sk98lin driver needs a change. I
can't see anyone using sk98lin on a new system, so it would be less
>
> > Ping?
> > What: sk98lin network driver
> > When: Feburary 2008
> > Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
> > replaced by the skge driver.
> > Who:Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > ---
>
> We have been
Harvey Harrison wrote:
What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not,
the option should just go away entirely.
Who:Arjan van de
Ping?
What: sk98lin network driver
When: Feburary 2008
Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
replaced by the skge driver.
Who:Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
We have been over this several times,
Harvey Harrison wrote:
What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not,
the option should just go away entirely.
Who:Arjan van de
On Fri, Feb 01 2008 at 3:38 +0200, Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The following are entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt that have
> come due. Please change the subject when replying to specific items.
>
> Where I've gotten responses from the named person in the file, I've
>
On Fri, Feb 01 2008 at 3:38 +0200, Harvey Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The following are entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt that have
come due. Please change the subject when replying to specific items.
Where I've gotten responses from the named person in the file, I've
included
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:38:42PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> ---
> Ping?
> What: vm_ops.nopage
> When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
> Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
> forever, is used by a lot of
On Friday 01 February 2008, Alan Stern wrote:
>
> I can look at the USB and SCSI stuff. It shouldn't be all that bad.
> The userspace interface has been gone for quite some time now, and most
> of the remaining uses of that field are write-only.
It's that "most" which can make trouble. :)
-
On Thursday 31 January 2008, David Brownell wrote:
> Quoth Harvey Harrison:
>
> > Ping?
> > What: dev->power.power_state
> > When: July 2007
>
> ... there are still quite a few users left, and a new one was (sigh)
> recently added.
>
> - drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c ... new usage,
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, David Brownell wrote:
> Quoth Harvey Harrison:
>
> > Ping?
> > What: dev->power.power_state
> > When: July 2007
> > Why:Broken design for runtime control over driver power states,
> > confusing
> > driver-internal runtime power management with:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, David Brownell wrote:
Quoth Harvey Harrison:
Ping?
What: dev-power.power_state
When: July 2007
Why:Broken design for runtime control over driver power states,
confusing
driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to
On Thursday 31 January 2008, David Brownell wrote:
Quoth Harvey Harrison:
Ping?
What: dev-power.power_state
When: July 2007
... there are still quite a few users left, and a new one was (sigh)
recently added.
- drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c ... new usage, merged last week
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:38:42PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
---
Ping?
What: vm_ops.nopage
When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
forever, is used by a lot of
> Ping?
> What: sk98lin network driver
> When: Feburary 2008
> Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
> replaced by the skge driver.
> Who:Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Sent a removal patch to Jeff, it probably was too big for the
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 22:33 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > Something like the following (grep found me two example symbols)
>
> to be honest, nobody reads this file with such detail; the actual UNUSED
> marking
> is a lot more louder and people are more likely to
Harvey Harrison wrote:
Something like the following (grep found me two example symbols)
to be honest, nobody reads this file with such detail; the actual UNUSED marking
is a lot more louder and people are more likely to notice those for all I
care
we nuke the entire entry from the
Quoth Harvey Harrison:
> Ping?
> What: dev->power.power_state
> When: July 2007
> Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
> driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support
> system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 20:53 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >
> > ---
> >
> > What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
> > When: June 2006
> > Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
> > 2006). If it is, the behavior should
> ---
> Ping?
> What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> When: February 2008
> Files:include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c
> Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
> possible to create userspace USB drivers using
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What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not,
the option should just go away entirely.
Who:Arjan van
The following are entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt that have
come due. Please change the subject when replying to specific items.
Where I've gotten responses from the named person in the file, I've
included their comment.
---
What: MXSER
When: December 2007
---
What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not,
the option should just go away entirely.
Who:Arjan van
---
Ping?
What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
When: February 2008
Files:include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c
Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
possible to create userspace USB drivers using
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 20:53 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
---
What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING
When: June 2006
Why:Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january
2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the
Quoth Harvey Harrison:
Ping?
What: dev-power.power_state
When: July 2007
Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support
system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that
Harvey Harrison wrote:
Something like the following (grep found me two example symbols)
to be honest, nobody reads this file with such detail; the actual UNUSED marking
is a lot more louder and people are more likely to notice those for all I
care
we nuke the entire entry from the
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 22:33 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
Harvey Harrison wrote:
Something like the following (grep found me two example symbols)
to be honest, nobody reads this file with such detail; the actual UNUSED
marking
is a lot more louder and people are more likely to notice
Ping?
What: sk98lin network driver
When: Feburary 2008
Why:In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
replaced by the skge driver.
Who:Stephen Hemminger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent a removal patch to Jeff, it probably was too big for the mailing list.
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