netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV

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Message-Id: <20090524.143207.59391234.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 24 May 2009 14:32:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hch@...radead.org
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, a.beregalov@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 12:55:31 -0400

> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:41:43AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 May 2009 18:17:39 +0400
>> Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > All drivers are already converted to new net_device_ops API
>> > and nobody uses old API anymore.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
>> 
>> This go through the feature-removal-schedule process, to
>> allow other drivers that live outside the tree some notice for change.
> 
> I don't think so.  We do tons of API changes and don't do such a process
> around it.  Removal of the old pointers gives a clear compilation
> breakage so it's not even dangerous.

I completely agree and plan to get rid of this compat ops stuff
for 2.6.31
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