Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/ieee1394/: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 11:11:59PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Dan Dennedy wrote on 2005-04-20:
> >There are technical
> >merits for removal of the external symbols that I accept. I also accept
> >that we have no way of maintaining any sort of stable subsystem for
> >external projects we are not aware of or who are not communicating with
> >us about their requirements (it goes beyond just a stable interface).
> ...
> >I vote to remove external symbols not used by the Linux1394.org modules
> >or the module at http://sourceforge.net/projects/video-2-1394/
> 
> Nobody else posted specific requirements so far. So let's clean up the 
> API. How about this:
>  - Determine a date or event at which unused symbols and functions will
>    vanish. ("Unused": Not used by the mainline drivers and video-2-1394
>    or any other project of similar scope of which the linux1394
>    maintainers are informed soon enough.)

OK.

>  - Add an according entry to Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt.

OK.

>  - Add warning comments next to obsolete EXPORT_SYMBOLs. Add warning
>    printks to obsolete functions? (If there are any.)

OK.

> Are there proposals for a date? How about end of June?

OK (now it's perhaps beginning of Juli).


Is this OK for everyone?
If yes, I can prepare a patch.


> Stefan Richter

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Adrian

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