From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mark COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS option for removal Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:34:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090524.143408.192977030.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1243088259-16482-1-git-send-email-a.beregalov@gmail.com> <20090523074143.445ef830@nehalam> <20090523081221.61709ec5@nehalam> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: a.beregalov@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:56199 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752534AbZEXVeJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 May 2009 17:34:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090523081221.61709ec5@nehalam> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 08:12:21 -0700 > Mark the flag as deprecated and default off so users won't use it > by default. Make the message that was a informational into a full > warning with backtrace, so any usage gets noticed. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger NAK, we're just going to toss this now in 2.6.31, there is nothing to gain by keeping this stuff around. It's an internal API change rather than something visible to users. And it results in a clear compilation error for stale external code not yet converted.