linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Don't use the deprecated function check

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Date:	Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:47:33 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	stufever@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wang Shaoyan <wangshaoyan.pt@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use the deprecated function check_region

At Sat,  6 Aug 2011 23:29:17 +0800,
stufever@...il.com wrote:
> 
> From: Wang Shaoyan <wangshaoyan.pt@...bao.com>
> 
>   sound/oss/pss.c: In function 'configure_nonsound_components':
>   sound/oss/pss.c:676: warning: 'check_region' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/ioport.h:201)
> 
> ---
>  sound/oss/pss.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/oss/pss.c b/sound/oss/pss.c
> index 9b800ce..b8ff41a 100644
> --- a/sound/oss/pss.c
> +++ b/sound/oss/pss.c
> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void configure_nonsound_components(void)
>  
>  	if (pss_cdrom_port == -1) {	/* If cdrom port enablation wasn't requested */
>  		printk(KERN_INFO "PSS: CDROM port not enabled.\n");
> -	} else if (check_region(pss_cdrom_port, 2)) {
> +	} else if (check_mem_region(pss_cdrom_port, 2)) {

It's no memory region, so this conversion doesn't look correct.
The right fix would be to change the driver to actually manage the
resources.


thanks,

Takashi
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