From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([2001:1868:205::10] helo=mail.zytor.com) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UhLZB-0008Vk-SY for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 28 May 2013 15:12:02 +0000 Message-ID: <51A4C926.2040701@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface References: <51A02E50.5020507@gmail.com> <87mwri8wwu.fsf@xmission.com> <20130528143756.GD7088@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20130528143756.GD7088@redhat.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Vivek Goyal Cc: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Simon Horman , "Eric W. Biederman" , Andrew Morton , Zhang Yanfei 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. -hpa _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec