linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface

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Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 08:11:34 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	"kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused /dev/oldmem interface

On 05/28/2013 07:37 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> 
> Eric,
> 
> Should we schedule the removal of this interface after 1-2 releases
> and give a warning once if anybody opens /dev/oldmem and tell them
> to use /proc/vmcore instead? 
> 
> I am kind of inclined towards warning approarch. If there is any xyz
> /dev/oldmem user in the wild out there, he/she atleast gets a chance to
> migrate to /proc/vmcore.
> 

This has been discussed ad nauseam at the Kernel Summit.  It doesn't work.

	-hpa


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