Re: OSS: cleanup or throw away

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 16:59:43 EST


On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 07:55:52PM +0100, Jos Hulzink wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While fixing some "deprecated" issues in the OSS drivers, I wondered whether
> this makes sense, as entire OSS is marked deprecated. Will OSS make it until
> 2.7, or will it be dropped soon ? (In other words, should I take care of the
> OSS drivers or not bother about them)

OSS will stay in 2.6 (2.6 is a stable kernel series) but it will most
likely be removed in 2.7.

I wouldn't spend time to fix deprecated warnings in OSS code, such
cleanups are wasted time for code that will most likely be removed in
2.7.

> Best regards,
>
> Jos Hulzink

cu
Adrian

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