linux-kernel - Re: undeprecate raw driver.

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705131239200.942@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 12:46:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: undeprecate raw driver.

On Sun, 13 May 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> On May 13 2007 12:32, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> >Despite repeated attempts over the last two and half years, this
> >driver seems somewhat persistant.  Remove its deprecated status as
> >it has existing users who may not be in a position to migrate their
> >apps
>
> At least keep the "it's obsolete" Kconfig description. We don't want
> new users/projects to jump on /dev/raw.

i just *know* this is a mistake, but i'm going to take one more shot
at distinguishing between deprecated and obsolete.

as i understand it, the raw driver is *deprecated*.  that is, it's
still there, it's still supported, people are still using it but its
use is *seriously* discouraged and everyone should be trying to move
off of it at their earliest possible convenience.

that is *not* the same as "obsolete" which should mean that that
feature is dead, dead, DEAD and *no one* should be using it anymore.

yes, i realize it sounds like splitting hairs, but it's this malleable
definition of "deprecated" that's causing all of this trouble in the
first place -- the fact that the raw driver is currently listed as
"obsolete" when it is, in fact, only deprecated.

in short, do *not* remove its "deprecated" status.  rather, remove its
"obsolete" status and *make* it deprecated.

rday
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