i just need a tentative removal date and i can add the appropriate
entry to the feature removal file. and i can update some of the
appropriate source elsewhere in the tree as well.
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 12c7657..e4c3b26 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
* older network drivers and IFF_ALLMULTI.
* Christer Weinigel : Better rebuild header message.
* Andrew Morton : 26Feb01: kill ether_setup() - use netdev_boot_setup().
+ * Robert P. J. Day : Add ether_boot_setup() to allow deprecation warning
+ for "ether=" boot-time option.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -60,7 +62,17 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
-__setup("ether=", netdev_boot_setup);
+static int __init
+ether_boot_setup(char *str)
+{
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "The 'ether' option is deprecated and "
+ "is scheduled for removal shortly after "
+ "Satan begins ice skating to work\n");
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "Use 'netdev=<value>' instead\n");
+ return netdev_boot_setup(str);
+}
+
+__setup("ether=", ether_boot_setup);
/**
* eth_header - create the Ethernet header
--
========================================================================
Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
http://crashcourse.ca
========================================================================
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