From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933176AbXDFWic (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:38:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933217AbXDFWiX (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:38:23 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:44624 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933176AbXDFWiW (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:38:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:38:21 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi , davej@codemonkey.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI Message-ID: <20070406223821.GL29169@stusta.de> References: <20070220000641.GG13958@stusta.de> <4616CA22.7040005@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4616CA22.7040005@tmr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 06:30:58PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >This patch contains the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI. > > > >Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk > > > It would be really nice, when removing features used on computers which > are only a few years old, if you noted what replaces this functionality. > Yes, people can take 10-15 minutes to find and read previous discussion, > but one or two sentences who generate less concern and noise on the list. For everyone on linux-kernel, the text my patch removes in feature-removal-schedule.txt should be sufficient. Users already had a printk() stating that it was deprecated. > Bill Davidsen cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed