linux-kernel - Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802071231070.22432@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:31:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Robert, I suggest that you just send patches removing outdated items (probably
> starting with the one below like you tried in the past) and be quite stubborn
> about it (otherwise you can be pretty sure that nothing will happen)...
>
> ...
> What:   PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
> When:   November 2005
> ....
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/1/107
>
> Christoph, 10 months later and this method doesn't seem to work.
>
> How's about disabling it in -mm and waiting for complaints instead
> (if none come just remove the code in 2.6.26-rc1)?
>
> [ Either this or we should just remove the item in question from
>   feature-removal-schedule.txt. ]

yes, i didn't see any followup on that item.  i still have the patch,
unless it's already working its way thru the system.

rday
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