linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Shut off pci_find_device warnings when the deprecated pci functions are enabled.

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Message-ID: <20090729003208.GB3539@ldl.fc.hp.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:32:08 -0600
From:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	kernelnewbies@...linux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shut off pci_find_device warnings when the deprecated
	pci functions are enabled.

* Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>:
> > Maybe it's too late now, but I thought those warnings were
> > supposed to motivate people to convert old, buggy drivers to get
> > off the deprecated interface.
> 
> Yes they are, but this warning instance was not for a old driver,
> but for the EXPORT_SYMBOL defining the legacy function.
> 
> If any driver uses it it'll still warn.

Ok, I've been corrected. :)

I still think it would be a good learning project for someone to
audit the tree and see if they can eliminate the usages of
pci_find_device().

Thanks,

/ac

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