linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] feature-removal: Document suspend/hibernate deprecations

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:54:00 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] feature-removal: Document suspend/hibernate deprecations

On Friday, 1 of February 2008, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> Let this appear as deprecated in 2.6.25, remove after three
> releases (2.6.28).

Thanks, I'll post a more complete version of the patch later today.

> Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
> ---
> Something like this should be included if you are deprecating
> userspace functionality.  I tried to come up with a useful
> reason from your changelogs, but you should fill this in.
> 
>  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> index 181bff0..cb005de 100644
> --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -354,3 +354,28 @@ Why:	The support code for the old firmware hurts code readability/maintainabilit
>  	and slightly hurts runtime performance. Bugfixes for the old firmware
>  	are not provided by Broadcom anymore.
>  Who:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
> +
> +---------------------------
> +
> +What:	SNAPSHOT_PMOPS ioctl
> +When:	2.6.28
> +Why:	Badly designed interface, obsoleted by SNAPSHOT_PLATFORM_SUPPORT and
> +	SNAPSHOT_POWER_OFF
> +Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> +
> +---------------------------
> +
> +What:	SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_FILE ioctl
> +When:	2.6.28
> +Why:	Insert reason here
> +Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> +
> +---------------------------
> +
> +What:	SNAPSHOT_ATOMIC_SNAPSHOT, SNAPSHOT_AVAIL_SWAP, SNAPSHOT_GET_SWAP_PAGE ioctls
> +When:	2.6.28
> +Why:	Defined in a non-portable manner, new numbers introduced, old numbers
> +	deprecated.
> +Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> +
> +---------------------------
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