linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] alsa: replace calls to sys_* with filp_open and vfs

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Message-ID: <s5hbqd1kxeh.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:13:58 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...nel.sg>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alsa: replace calls to sys_* with filp_open and vfs_read

At Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:38:02 +0800,
Eugene Teo wrote:
> 
> This patch replaces calls to sys_* with filp_open and vfs_read. And since this
> is the last driver in the kernel that uses sys_{read,close}, it kills the
> exports as well. sys_open is left exported for sparc64 only.
> 
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@...nel.sg>
> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>

Oh, then I forgot this completely.  If this is the last dinosaur, we
should rewrite it to use request_firmware(), and kill sys_* exports
then.

I'll prepare a patch to rewrite wavefront_synth.c soon.

Thanks.


Takashi
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