From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: [PATCH 22/22] ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months in case it turns out Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:40:40 +0100 Message-ID: <1202132440-26648-23-git-send-email-petkovbb@gmail.com> References: <1202132440-26648-1-git-send-email-petkovbb@gmail.com> Return-path: Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.183]:21630 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756197AbYBDNm6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:42:58 -0500 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c28so120621ika.5 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:42:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1202132440-26648-1-git-send-email-petkovbb@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: bzolnier@gmail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov --- 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 --------------------------- ---------------------------- - What: i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4 When: May 2008 Why: These drivers are superseded by i810fb, intelfb and savagefb.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 + +--------------------------- + +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 , Borislav Petkov + + +--------------------------- 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 or Boris" + " in case you still need it.\n"); + return 0; out_free_tape: -- 1.5.3.7