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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:21:03 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
CC:	tiwai@...e.de, kay.sievers@...y.org, mchehab@...radead.org,
	perex@...ex.cz, hjlipp@....de, davem@...emloft.net,
	w.sang@...gutronix.de, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES v2 2/2] Remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf

On 03/20/2012 10:45 AM, Lucas De Marchi wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:14 AM, Lucas De Marchi
> <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi> wrote:
>> Usage of /etc/modprobe.conf file was deprecated by module-init-tools and
>> is no longer parsed by new kmod tool. References to this file are
>> replaced in Documentation, comments and Kconfig according to the
>> context.
>>
>> There are also some references to the old /etc/modules.conf from 2.4
>> kernels that are being removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt                       |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/aoe/autoload.sh                   |    4 +--
>>  Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt               |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/fb/intel810.txt                   |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt                    |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/i2c/busses/scx200_acb             |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/ide/ide.txt                       |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset               |   16 ++++-----
>>  Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt                |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/mono.txt                          |    8 ++---
>>  Documentation/networking/baycom.txt             |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/networking/bonding.txt            |   43 ++++++++++-------------
>>  Documentation/networking/dl2k.txt               |   11 +++---
>>  Documentation/networking/e100.txt               |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt               |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt               |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/networking/ltpc.txt               |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/networking/vortex.txt             |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/parport.txt                       |   13 ++++---
>>  Documentation/s390/3270.txt                     |   21 ++++++-----
>>  Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt                  |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt                  |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/scsi/osst.txt                     |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/serial/computone.txt              |    8 ++---
>>  Documentation/serial/rocket.txt                 |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/serial/stallion.txt               |    4 +--
>>  Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt |   10 +++---
>>  Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt     |    4 +--
>>  Documentation/sound/alsa/MIXART.txt             |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt      |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16         |    6 ++--
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/CMI8330                 |    5 ++-
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/Introduction            |   10 +++---
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/Opti                    |    8 ++---
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/PAS16                   |    4 +--
>>  Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules          |    8 ++---
>>  Documentation/usb/power-management.txt          |    3 +-
>>  Documentation/video4linux/CQcam.txt             |   14 ++------
>>  Documentation/video4linux/Zoran                 |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Modules.conf     |    2 +-
>>  Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt              |    2 +-
>>  drivers/net/wan/Kconfig                         |    4 +--
>>  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c              |    8 ++---
>>  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c              |    8 ++---
>>  drivers/staging/asus_oled/README                |    2 +-
>>  drivers/tty/isicom.c                            |    2 +-
>>  drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c                   |    3 +-
>>  drivers/usb/storage/Kconfig                     |    2 +-
>>  sound/core/seq/seq_dummy.c                      |    2 +-
>>  sound/drivers/Kconfig                           |    3 +-
>>  50 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)
> 
> I'm not sure who would take this patch. Changes are mostly in Documentation.
> 
> Randy, could you take this? Or do you want this patch to be split and
> go through each subsystem maintainer?
> 
> Takahashi, any objections on the new version?
> 
> 
> Lucas De Marchi


Yes, I'll apply it.  Thanks.


-- 
~Randy
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