From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com From: Michael Neuling Subject: Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] kexec: remove memory reserve patching for powerpc device tree In-reply-to: <20060921143253.GC1542@in.ibm.com> References: <20060921011031.4BFEA67BCE@ozlabs.org> <1158803944.7062.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060921025122.GA8573@verge.net.au> <1158810033.7062.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060921135534.GA1542@in.ibm.com> <20060921143253.GC1542@in.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:41:51 +0930 Sender: mikey@ozlabs.org Message-Id: <20060922011153.39DD867B79@ozlabs.org> Cc: Jon Loeliger , Fastboot mailing list , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Horms Reply-To: Michael Neuling List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <20060921143253.GC1542@in.ibm.com> you wrote: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 09:18:39AM -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > So, like, the other day Vivek Goyal mumbled: > > > > > > Now with distros adopting kexce-tools, I am in for maintaining the backwa rd > > > compatibility as far as possible. Putting a note in the code is good that > > > down the line, get rid of this code. > > > > Perhaps scheduling it as an entry in > > > > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > > > just so people (distros) can plan around it? > > Perfect. In kexec-tools it can go in doc/feature-removal-schedule.txt. It doesn't really need to go in the kernel source as the kernel has already changed and besides, we were adding a feature to the kernel, not removing one. At this stage, it's just a kexec tools feature removal. Mikey