On 12/27/2007 06:21 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 06:19:31PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>> (Old) mxser is obsoleted by mxser_new and scheduled for removal on Dec 2007.
>>> Remove it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 -
>>> drivers/char/Kconfig | 11 -
>>> drivers/char/Makefile | 1 -
>>> drivers/char/mxser.c | 3141 ----------------------------
>>> drivers/char/mxser.h | 441 ----
>>> 5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3602 deletions(-)
>>> delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.c
>>> delete mode 100644 drivers/char/mxser.h
>> While we're at it, how about adding a modalias for mxser_new
>> module with old (being removed) name, so that users who're
>> using the old module will not scream? I mean, in order for
>> `modprobe mxser' to load mxser_new module.
>
> It might even make sense to rename the mxser_new module to mxser and do
> it the other way round - it's e.g. not clear whether a _new driver is
> for new hardware or a new driver for old hardware.
Makes sense, if no other suggestions, I will post v2 tomorrow.
thanks,
--js
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