Re: [PATCH 1/1] mxser, remove it

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

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 <jirislaby@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  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