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

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Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:47:00 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Carlos Corbacho <carlos@...angeworlds.co.uk>
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acer-wmi: add error checks in module_init

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 06:54:44PM +0100, Carlos Corbacho wrote:
> 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?

Not that I know of, I just forgot about it :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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