Re: [PATCH] deprecate pci_module_init

[Jeff Garzik]

Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 12:46:40PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>
> > Wrong.  There are way too many __correct__ drivers to do this at
> > present.
>
>
> i could claim the same is true of MODULE_PARM yet we spew
> warning-galore there...

There is a 2.4 version of module_param().

The semantics of pci_module_init() versus pci_register_driver() are 
different across 2.4/2.6.  If you deprecate pci_module_init(), you are 
breaking drivers which right now can be ported to 2.4 with a simple cp(1).

It's just downright silly to deprecate the API that is used most heavily 
in drivers.

	Jeff



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