linux-kernel - Re: another attempt to kill off linux/config.h

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Date:	Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:24:50 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: another attempt to kill off linux/config.h

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 03:44:34AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> Every time I (or someone else) gets a patch included
> removing explicit includes of linux/config.h, another few creep
> into the tree a day or so later.
> 
> Lets kill them all for good.
> 
> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/configh.git
> 
> is a git tree killing off all the current users in tree,
> and adds a #warn to include/linux/config.h that it's going away.
> (This should still leave as-yet-unmerged trees compiling,
>  and hopefully get them fixed before they get merged)
> We can then remove the file for real just before 2.6.19

Removing it for real will be a pain for external modules.
They could of course detect that it is missing and then
drop it.
I would suggest to keep the #warning in 2.6.19 and only
remove it for real for 2.6.20.

	Sam
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