From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932088AbVH2X73 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:59:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932093AbVH2X73 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:59:29 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.197]:47468 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932088AbVH2X72 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:59:28 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bDXKXFfGvAUxc9IZRRYOAlJMOYm7H+3NniJc0xPEjrCpD/rLqxJDcBZO1R0uRjVOMwylZhowgzFSY+z2fqSUCde3ezELzaL7bRDlN0IhRm4APyqrDQMMwjjUsp6yQU2Ir3dlQoJ6B7WdYUJpWQH4PgUwKRdizCcHCwgvLiHP7Mc= Message-ID: <9a874849050829165920d687a3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:59:27 +0200 From: Jesper Juhl To: Diego Calleja Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.13 : __check_region is deprecated Cc: stephane.wirtel@belgacom.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050830015513.62ee2c0c.diegocg@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050829231417.GB2736@localhost.localdomain> <20050830012813.7737f6f6.diegocg@gmail.com> <9a8748490508291634416a18bc@mail.gmail.com> <20050830015513.62ee2c0c.diegocg@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 8/30/05, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:34:25 +0200, > Jesper Juhl escribió: > > > I don't see why we should break a bunch of drivers by doing that. > > Much better, in my oppinion, to fix the few remaining drivers still > > using check_region and *then* kill it. Even unmaintained drivers may > > I'd usually agree with you, but check_region has been deprecated for so many > time; I was just wondering myself if people will bother to fix the remaining > drivers without some "incentive" > I fixed a few a while back, without any incentive other than "this just needs to be done". I'm sure noone would object if you submitted a few patches yourself to fix some of the remaining ones. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html