Re: [patch 1/3] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags

[Andrew Morton]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:33:45 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The name space cleanup of the interrupt request flags (SA_xxx -> IRQF_xxx)
> left a 6 month grace period for the old deprecated flags. Remove them.

fwiw, I'll make this [patch 3/3], so the kernel compiles OK at each step.

This is going to break a lot of external stuff.  We should have found a way
to make usage of SA_* emit deprecated warnings (or _some_ warning) to warn
people of impending doom.  But I can't immediately find a way of doing
that.

If we _can_ find a way of doing this, I suspect we'll need to do it, and
give people another six months.  It's going to get ugly out there.  We
shall see...


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