From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] sk98lin: planned removal Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:32:15 -0800 Message-ID: <20070207203215.bdf3908b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20070207091830.59f72f46@oldman> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeff Garzik , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.24]:54558 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161517AbXBHEcX (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:32:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070207091830.59f72f46@oldman> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:18:30 -0800 Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Document planned removal of sk98lin driver. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > --- > Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 +++++++ > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > index 0ba6af0..d08a4af 100644 > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > @@ -325,3 +325,10 @@ Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded > Who: Jeff Garzik > > --------------------------- > + > +What: sk98lin network driver > +When: July 2007 > +Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver > + replaced by the skge driver. > +Who: Stephen Hemminger > + People don't read that file. I'd suggest the addition of a warning printk to the driver's open() method.