From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751401AbVH2XQA (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:16:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751414AbVH2XQA (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:16:00 -0400 Received: from mirapoint2.brutele.be ([212.68.199.149]:5143 "EHLO mirapoint2.brutele.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401AbVH2XP7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:15:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:14:17 +0200 From: Stephane Wirtel To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Linux-2.6.13 : __check_region is deprecated Message-ID: <20050829231417.GB2736@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: Linux debian 2.6.12-1-k7 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mirapoint2.brutele.be X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=0001.0A090203.43139450.0013-F-L0BeBC04zsV01UPbcJcIKw==, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20i?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?p=3D=80=93=0B=08?= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, By compiling my kernel, I can see that the __check_region function (in kernel/resource.c) is deprecated. With a grep on the source code of the last release, I get this result. drivers/pnp/resource.c:255: if (__check_region(&ioport_resource, *port, length(port,end))) include/linux/ioport.h:117:#define check_mem_region(start,n) __check_region(&iomem_resource, (start), (n)) include/linux/ioport.h:120:extern int __check_region(struct resource *, unsigned long, unsigned long); include/linux/ioport.h:125: return __check_region(&ioport_resource, s, n); kernel/resource.c:468:int __deprecated __check_region(struct resource *parent, unsigned long start, unsigned long n) kernel/resource.c:481:EXPORT_SYMBOL(__check_region); Is there a function to replace this deprecated function ? Why is it deprecated ? Best Regards, Stephane -- Stephane Wirtel