From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932152AbVH3RVZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:21:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932233AbVH3RVZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:21:25 -0400 Received: from mirapoint2.brutele.be ([212.68.199.149]:5984 "EHLO mirapoint2.brutele.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932152AbVH3RVY (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:21:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:21:15 +0200 From: Stephane Wirtel To: Jesper Juhl Cc: Stephane Wirtel , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.13 - 1/3 - Remove the deprecated function __check_region Message-ID: <20050830172115.GA11784@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050830170502.GA10694@localhost.localdomain> <9a874849050830101743c421db@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9a874849050830101743c421db@mail.gmail.com> 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=0001.0A090203.431492B1.0024-F-L0BeBC04zsV01UPbcJcIKw==, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20i?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?p=3D=C0=F5=08=08?= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Le Tuesday 30 August 2005 a 19:08, Jesper Juhl ecrivait: > On 8/30/05, Stephane Wirtel wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Here is the first patch for kernel 2.6.13 from Linus tree. > > > > Take it easy. Don't kill __check_region() unless you first convert all > users of it. > And by removing __check_region() you've just broken check_region() - > There are still some drivers left that use check_region() and there's > no reason to break them. > > The right approach is to identify all users of > check_region()/__check_region(), then submit patches to convert them > to use request_region instead. *Then*, when there are no more > in-kernel users left, submit patches to remove the deprecated > functions. I know, I did not check with check_region, I will check all users of check_region and I hope to send a new patch in few days. Thanks Jesper, -- Stephane Wirtel