linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add new categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701181123440.19740@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:25:00 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  Add new categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.


>>   Next to EXPERIMENTAL, add two new kernel config categories of
>> DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
>
>What about adding some printks when DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE are 
>set ? like in print_tainted() for example. 

Uhm no. I don't want a load of messages just because one of these 
options is active. I'd much rather prefer that when loading a _specific 
module_ depends on DEPRECATED/OBSOLETE, a message is printed. But that's 
an extra which I doubt it is worth modifying the kernel module structure 
for.



	-`J'
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