linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO

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Message-ID: <20070406223821.GL29169@stusta.de>
Date:	Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:38:21 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
Cc:	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	davej@...emonkey.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cpufreq@...ts.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 06:30:58PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >This patch contains the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
> >
> It would be really nice, when removing features used on computers which 
> are only a few years old, if you noted what replaces this functionality. 
> Yes, people can take 10-15 minutes to find and read previous discussion, 
> but one or two sentences who generate less concern and noise on the list.

For everyone on linux-kernel, the text my patch removes in 
feature-removal-schedule.txt should be sufficient.

Users already had a printk() stating that it was deprecated.

> Bill Davidsen

cu
Adrian

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