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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:25:01 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
CC: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] schedule wext/rtnl for removal
John W. Linville wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
>
> Since wext is being replaced as fast as we can (it'll probably stick
> around for legacy drivers though) and the wext/netlink stuff was never
> really used, this schedules it for removal.
>
> The removal schedule is tight but there are no users of the code, the
> main user of the wext user interface are the wireless-tools, they only
> have an alpha version using the netlink interface and even that is
> incomplete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> ---
> Which you consider applying this feature-removal-schedule.txt patch
> in the current (i.e. pre-2.6.21) timeframe?
>
> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
When you send this sort of stuff, spam as many lists as reasonable.
The removal of a recently-added userspace ABI is an unusual event, and
IMO needs discussing.
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