From: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][TTY] callout removal
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 10:04:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030513070417.GJ24892@mea-ext.zmailer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030512234415.11453a9c.akpm@digeo.com>
On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 11:44:15PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
...
> The current message is
> printk(KERN_WARNING "tty_io.c: "
> "process %d (%s) used obsolete /dev/%s - "
> "update software to use /dev/ttyS%d\n",
> and google("update software to use") == 201, spread across 1999-2001.
Even I have hit that, groaned, reconfigured things, and never
had trouble about it since. Certainly didn't bother to write
to any list.
For certain people will encounter configurations that use very
old userspace things with new kernels. After all, kernels are
easier to change than doing full re-install.
> Kill it.
I might instead add a bit of text: "obsolete (since Year-Month) /dev/..."
/Matti Aarnio
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-13 6:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-13 6:23 viro
2003-05-13 6:44 ` Andrew Morton
2003-05-13 7:04 ` Matti Aarnio [this message]
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