Re: [PATCH] sk98lin: planned removal

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 - 05:19:49 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:18:30 -0800 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Document planned removal of sk98lin driver.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 0ba6af0..d08a4af 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -325,3 +325,10 @@ Why: Unmaintained for years, superceded Who: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
---------------------------
+
+What: sk98lin network driver
+When: July 2007
+Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver
+ replaced by the skge driver. +Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
+

People don't read that file. I'd suggest the addition of a warning printk
to the driver's open() method.

Fine with me. Stephen, wanna cook up a patch?

Jeff



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