On 13-02-08 23:22, Harvey Harrison wrote:
+---
+
+What: io_delay_type
+Where: arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c
+When: 2.6.28
+Why: No in tree users
The entirety of io_delay.c should be gone long before .28. It's a short term
thing till the port 0x80 problems have been de
> Unexports are done immediately when there's a subsystem maintainer
> taking a patch and deprecation periods are required when a patch has to
> go through you...
Agreed - with the expect of stuff which is used in tree or forms part of
a logical exported API we should just throw them out without
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:43:31PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:22:48 +0200
> Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I don't get your point why bigger API changes should still be allowed
> > without any advance warning while removing an export should require
> > dep
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:22:48 +0200
Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't get your point why bigger API changes should still be allowed
> without any advance warning while removing an export should require
> deprecation periods.
Because the cost to us of giving people a few months war
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:54:05PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0200
> Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > There's simply no point in treating the removal of exports differently
> > from the many other API breaks we have in each release.
>
> I have repeated
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:22:06 -0800
Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 --
> Documentation/feature-removal/exported-symbols.txt | 34
>
> arch/x8
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:42:30PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 00:34 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:06PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > > +
> > > +What:__inet_hash_connect
> > > +Where: net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
> > > +When:2.6.28
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0200
Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's simply no point in treating the removal of exports differently
> from the many other API breaks we have in each release.
I have repeatedly and relatively patiently explained to you what the
point is. Simply sayin
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 00:34 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:06PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > +
> > +What: __inet_hash_connect
> > +Where: net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
> > +When: 2.6.28
> > +Why: No in tree users
> > +
> > +--
BTW:
Sorry and it's not your fault if my answer was a bit harsh.
Your patch forces a nonsense that until now only Andrew tried to enforce
(which BTW made me avoiding him whenever possible and never looking at
-mm anymore).
There's simply no point in treating the removal of exports differently
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:06PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote:
>...
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal/exported-symbols.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> +The following is a list of symbols whose exports are unused in the kernel
> +tree and will be removed. Unused symbols are both incr
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 --
Documentation/feature-removal/exported-symbols.txt | 34
arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c |2 +-
net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
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