linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] delete seven tty headers

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Message-ID: <20120611234204.GA17383@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:42:04 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete seven tty headers

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 04:40:33PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 01:53:06PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I agree (I wrote I doubt there are any users at all). But I would prefer
> > > going through the deprecation phase (adding a #warning) anyway. Removing
> > > the headers completely in a year, or maybe sooner is OK then.
> > 
> > I really see no point. Distributions are going to build against a set of
> > headers generated from a kernel, once at the time the distribution is
> > first assembled (eg the kernel-headers package in Fedora).
> 
> I agree, I'll take this patch now as the drivers are gone, the headers
> should be as well.

Although, as this originally happened in 3.1, I think it's safe to wait
for 3.6 for this patch to go in, no rush for 3.5.

thanks,

greg k-h
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