Re: [PATCH] Add new categories of DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Thu Jan 18 2007 - 05:26:57 EST



>> Next to EXPERIMENTAL, add two new kernel config categories of
>> DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE.
>
>What about adding some printks when DEPRECATED and OBSOLETE are
>set ? like in print_tainted() for example.

Uhm no. I don't want a load of messages just because one of these
options is active. I'd much rather prefer that when loading a _specific
module_ depends on DEPRECATED/OBSOLETE, a message is printed. But that's
an extra which I doubt it is worth modifying the kernel module structure
for.



-`J'
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