linux-kernel - Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

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Date:	Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:28:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ok to kill "ether=" kernel parm?

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

> Add a printk("Deprecated, use netdev=xxx\n"); to the handler.
> After 1-2 years you can remove ether=xxx.

actually, i was just about to do that, along the lines of what was
done with "time" -> "printk.time".  coming soonish.

rday
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