On Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/28/2013 07:37 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > > Eric, > > > > Should we schedule the removal of this interface after 1-2 releases > > and give a warning once if anybody opens /dev/oldmem and tell them > > to use /proc/vmcore instead? > > > > I am kind of inclined towards warning approarch. If there is any xyz > > /dev/oldmem user in the wild out there, he/she atleast gets a chance to > > migrate to /proc/vmcore. > > > > This has been discussed ad nauseam at the Kernel Summit. It doesn't work. > Who said that and what was their evidence? Giving users (especially the more technical ones) several months warning is eminently sensible. Although it doesn't appear to be necessary in this case. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
