From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030315AbWFZPjl (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:39:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030356AbWFZPjl (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:39:41 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:38843 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030315AbWFZPjk (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:39:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:38:35 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] mark virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt as __deprecated on i386 Message-ID: <20060626153834.GA18599@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060626151012.GR23314@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060626151012.GR23314@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 05:10:12PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt are long deprecated, mark them as __deprecated > on i386. > > Without such warnings people will never update their code and fix > the errors in PPC64 builds. .. and deprecating pm_send_all, cli, sti, restore_flags, check_region yadayada has really been a great success at motivating people to fix those up too. How about we fix up some of the existing noise before we add more? A build log of a fedora kernel I had handy shows 165 deprecated warnings that have been there forever. Your proposal will add over 500 warnings in drivers/ alone. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk