linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acer-wmi: add error checks in module

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Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:54:44 +0100
From:	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acer-wmi: add error checks in module_init

On Monday 22 September 2008 16:59:49 Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 06:53:19PM +0100, Carlos Corbacho wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 September 2008 15:29:59 Akinobu Mita wrote:
> > > This patch fixes these bugs by using platform_device_register_simple()
> >
> > [Adding Greg KH to CC - 2nd time lucky...]
> >
> > Last I heard, platform_device_register_simple() was in the process of
> > being deprecated and then slated for future removal. Has this changed?
>
> I don't recall this, but someone else might have stated it a while ago.

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2006-04/msg02070.html

This was dated a while ago, but has anything changed since then?

-Carlos
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